RDK cooling tower, Karlsruhe

• Structural examination and construction supervision for the new construction of a cooling tower at Rheinhafen steam power plant (RDK) 8

• Shell structure, as a truncated cone in the region of the 28 circular vents (approx. 15m high) and as a hyperbolic paraboloid in the area above this 
• Flat, closed ring foundation
• The height of the cooling tower is approx. 80 m.

• Shell structure out of reinforced concrete
• In consideration of the dynamic effects of wind
• Ground improvement using vibrated stone column technique
• Structure-specific guidelines for cooling towers (VGB-R 610 U; VGB-R 602 U)

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