The application of recent numerical analysis methods assists in making tower calculations to evaluate all possible impact
factors that can influence the behaviour of constructions.
To analyze reinforced concrete tower constructions affected by complex loads, numerical methods have been combined
and successfully employed highly realistically imitating the impact of loads on the building and a response of the building to
the made impact, thus creating conditions for a detailed analysis of the behaviour and stress-strain state of constructions and
for predicting the forthcoming stages of the building lifecycle.
On the basis of data received from numerical analysis and analytical methods as well as with reference to normative
documents, the behaviour of the tower has been investigated making an expert evaluation of the building and establishing
residual load-bearing capacity.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) shows that, according to the detailed model of the tower and evaluated design code
requirements for wind loads, lighter loads have been received.
In accordance with design code based methods, the results of the correction analysis of wind loads allow reducing the
total value of wind load up to 10%.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has established that the wind impact of the tower constructions reaches
approximately 30% and is lower than that found applying the analytical method, which results in a remarkable reduction on
the loads of the whole construction.