OTTO-VON-GUERICKE UNIVERSITT MAGDEBURG FACULTY OF
VERFAHRENSTECHNIK UND SYSTEMTECHNIK STORAGE AND FLOW OF PARTICULATE
SOLIDS PRESENTED BY: AHMAD GOHARI CALCULATION OF REINFORCEMENT AND
WALL THICKNESS OF CONCRETE OR METAL SILOS 110.12.2013 Prof. J.
Thomas
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 10.12.20132 1. Introduction 1.1. Why pressure
in Silo Matter? 1.2. Pressure in Silo, basic theory 2. Wall
thickness calculation 3. The importance of flow patterns during
discharge 3.1. Eccentric discharge and its consequence 4.
Structural damage and its cause, Reinforcment 4.1. Steel and
Aluminium Silo (metal) 4.2. Concret Silos 4.3. Reinforcement 5.
Summary
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Why pressure in Silo Matter? Pressure in
Silo is dominated by Frictional Phenomena There are many misleading
on pressure calculating, not unerstanding the condition of stress
nor the condiction which leads to failure Mteal and concrete Silos
behave very different, different crictical consideration should be
take on account (speak about it at 3.1) 310.12.2013
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1.2. PRESSURE AND TENSTION IN SILO, BASIC THEORY Note: A smooth
wall leads to higher pressure than a rough wall A slice of the wall
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JANSSEN PRESSURE PATERN 510.12.2013
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PRESSURE IN HOPPERS 610.12.2013
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SIMPLE STRUCTURE CONSEPT FOR SHAFT 710.12.2013
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PRESSURE CHANGES DURING DISCHARGE OF SOLIDS (EMPTYING) Note:
Kp/Kf at first considered to be order of 9 and then 6, this much
pressure increase had been never reported before, several theories
(Arnold 1980, Jenke 1973) showed that Kp/Kf should be around 2.5
Force increase in horizontal direction Force increase in vertical
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PRESSURE CHANGES DURING DISCHARGE OF SOLIDS (EMPTYING) Note:
The most critical finding for silo design was the pattern of
unsymmetrical pressures, both after filling and during discharge.
The ratio of the largest sustained pressure to the smallest at a
single level could be high as 2.8 under static condiction after
filling and 5.6 during discharge Pieper & Wentzel 1964, in
Braunschweig, much of the following comes from their work
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2. THICKNESS CALCULATION 1010.12.2013
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2. THICKNESS CALCULATION 1110.12.2013
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PARAMETES AND COEFICIENTS WE NEED FOR CALCULATION
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3. THE IMPORTANCE OF FLOW PATTERN A modern describtion (EN
1991-4 2007) divides the possible flow pattern into three main
categories under symetrical condition 1310.12.2013
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3. THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLW PATTERN It is possible to determine
with reasonable precision wether the silo will exhibit mass or
funnel flow Note: Structural researche studies have shown that
funnel flow is not critial to the strenght of metal and it is
indeed beneficial (Rotter 1986a; Teng & Rotter 1991)
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3. THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLW PATTERN Typical pattern of average
symetric wall pressure after filling and during emptying, for
different flow channel geometries Note: Here man can obviously see
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3.1. ECCENTRIC DISCHARGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCE Flow channel
geometry, typical pressure pattern and vertical wall stress during
eccentric discharge 1610.12.2013
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3.1. ECCENTRIC DISCHARGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCE The most damaging
condition for most silos is unplanned occourence of unsymmetrical
flow regimes, if the flow channel makes contact with Silo wall It
is mabye necessary to have off-center discharge outlet for
functional reasons and conditions in silo such as blockage of the
feeders, therml or moisture or segregation of content.
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4. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ITS CAUSE, REINFORCEMENT 4.1. Steel
and Aluminium Silos 1. Bolted and welded construction: The first
big differnce in metal silos are the Joints that is used in metal
Silos construction. The joints are the lines of weakness, so the
should be made stronger than is strictly necessary. 2. Brusting of
vertical wall: Brusting failurs are very uncommon and are almost
all found in bolted silos where a joint details has failed. 3.
Axial compression bulcking of vertical wall: This failur is not
also so common but should be seriously considered because this mode
of failure is often dramatically catastrophic. It can be also
result of unsymmetric pressure against the silo wall.
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4. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ITS CAUSE Note: Bulking under axial
compression occur at very low stresses compared with the material
strength (perhaps at 20 Mpa in a metal with yield stress 250 Mpa)
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4.1. STEEL AND ALUMINIUM SILOS 4. Eccentric discharge buckling
of the vertical wall This is the commonest cause of axial
compression buckels, where the low pressure against the wall in the
flow channel cause high vertical compressive stresses over part of
the perimeter near the mid-height of the silo, in which the whole
silo falls over in the direction of discharge outlet. 5. External
pressure buckling of the vertical wall When a Silo is empty the
thin wall is very sensitive to buckling under extreme wind. 6.
Shear buckling of the vertical wall Unsymmetrical top pile
producing different height of solid-wall contact 7. Rupture,
plastic deformation and buckling in hopper Hoppers made in bolted
constructions are sensitive to fracture. 2010.12.2013
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4.1. STEEL AND ALUMINIUM SILOS 8. Buckling and yielding in
transitation rings The transition is subjecte to high compresions
becuase hopper has a slop form. Both buckling and yielding failure
can occur in these rings 2110.12.2013
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SILO FAILURE 10.12.201322
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STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ITS CAUSE 4.2 Concrete Silos Generaly
Concrete is good in compression but can not resist tensile stress
at all. When concrete is subjected to tension, it cracks at right
angles to the tension. Concrete should be reinforced for sure. The
simpleset way is to prestresse the concrete with steel. It can
avoid the tension. Vertical compressions does not usually cause
problem The thickness and good compressive strength all contribute
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4.2 CONCRETE SILOS 1. Ductilty and delamination Concrete is a
brittle material, but most structural design relies on ductile
manner. In particular shear failures in concrete wall can cause
serious cracking. With appropriate reinforcement concrete structure
behave also like ductile. An other brittle problem delamination,
layer of concrete separate. 2. Cracking under bending moment: The
main problem of conrete is cracking under bending moment induced by
unsymmetric pressure 3. Crack observation: care must be taken
wether the cracks are caused by throu-thickness tension (very
serious) or external surface tension. 2410.12.2013
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REINFORCEMENT 2510.12.2013
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REAL EXAMPLE OF A SILO REINFORCEMENT 10.12.201326
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5. SUMMARY Why pressure in Silo Matter? Pressure in Silo, basic
theory Wall thickness calculation The importance of flow patterns
during discharge Eccentric discharge and its consequence
Differences of Metal and Concrete Silos Differnt way of
reinforcement of concrete 2710.12.2013
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QUESTIONS? 2810.12.2013
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REFERENCES Silo and hopper design for strength J. MICHAEL
ROTTER Teaching Notes Dr.Ing.habil J. Thomas 2910.12.2013