PSI - Issue 11

P. Bamonte et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 11 (2018) 322–330

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he town was el inspired by er plant, inclu designed to g y, two chimn duction. In th

built between similar Engl ding a chimn enerate steam eys are still is paper, the

1878 and 192 ish and north ey, started at for the prod standing in C analysis is foc

6 by the will European com the southern uction depart respi d’Adda, used on the c

of the textile pany towns side of the to ments, and pr both experie himney in the

entrepreneur . In 1892 the wn, towards t obably to sup ncing some o southern par

Benigno Cre construction o he Adda river ply electric p f the typical t of the town

spi, according f a new coal- . The power ower to the t faults listed i (Fig. 1).

to a fired plant own. n the

(a)

(b)

(

c)

(e)

(d)

Fig. 1 comp

. The chimney at any town.

the southern sid

e of Crespi d’Ad

da

Fig. 2. T (b) 17 m Bergam

ransversal cross ; (c) 42 m; (d) 4 o, Italy).

-sections of the c 2.5 m; (e) crown

himney at differ (courtesy of Stu

ent heights: (a) b dio Scolari,

ase;

2.1.

Geometry he chimney i sisting of bas r part is singl he double-wa ection exists

T (con uppe T conn

s made of bri e, shaft, crow e-walled. Fig lled base has between the

ckwork, and i n), as describ . 2 shows tran a constant o two walls. T

s about 66 m ed in the prev sversal cross ctagonal cros he diameter

eters high. Th ious chapter. sections of th s-section up of the inner

e chimney ha The lower pa e chimney at to a height of wall is com

s the typical rt is double-w different heig about 17 me prised betwe

tripartite stru alled, wherea hts. ters (Fig. 2a) en 2 and 2.5

cture s the . No 0 m,