Monitoring and Life Cycle Management of Cooling Towers
Author(s): |
Joachim Meyer
Tobias Pfister |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011 |
Published in: | IABSE-IASS 2011 London Symposium Report |
Year: | 2011 |
Abstract: |
The paper presents a holistic approach for monitoring and life cycle management of cooling towers, where exposure, material properties and possible degradation processes are monitored with several kinds of instruments: technical monitoring, visual inspection, numerical simulation. The consideration of structural behaviour and the general condition of the structure, together with the scheduled (remaining) service life is the basis for target-oriented and cost-saving maintenance activity. |
Keywords: |
reliability durability numerical simulation life cycle management cooling tower lifetime monitoring
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