1. Andres, M., Eckstein, U., Peters, J. & Suryanarayanan, N.K. 2012. Cooling tower practice in different countries with and without consideration of VGB guidelines, In Harte, R. & Meiswinkel, R. (eds.) Proc. of 6th International Symposium on Cooling Towers, Cologne, Germany, June 20–23, 2012: 217–222. Casucci, D. 2012. Stress analysis and structural design of a cooling tower under seismic loads, Master thesis, University of Fiorenze, Italy. EN 1998-1: 2004. Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance – Part 1: General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings, CEN, Brussels, Belgium. NTC 2008. Nuove norme tecniche per le costruzioni, (in Italian), Decreto Ministeriale 14 gennaio 2008, Italy.