Silos are structures widely used in the industrial and agricultural sectors. Despite the
advances in research during the last century, many uncertainties still remain. Some of the …

The mechanical properties of the materials stored in agricultural silos determine the loads
they generate under static and dynamic conditions. The present work describes the …

The evolution of the stress distribution inside storage silos is an inherent effect in the
dynamic operations of handling granular materials. Opening a discharge gate may result in …

Highlights•Product accommodation is influenced by the slenderness of the silo.•The moment
of maximum pressure in the transition is influenced by the slenderness.•The slenderness of …

In this article, we report the results and conclusions of studies conducted using a mid-size
test station for assaying pressures in silos. Assays were conducted with wheat, obtaining …

Postharvest losses account for about 10 per cent of the total food grains due to unscientific
storage, insects, rodents, microorganisms etc. After reviewing academic and technical …

In this paper, we report the results for pressures in a full-scale silo obtained from assays
performed on a test station using a free-flowing product. Six different types of silo geometry …

Violent fluctuations of wall normal stress and particle velocity during silo discharge have
been frequently reported by researchers, yet a detailed particle-scale description of these …

Squat steel silos with a flat bottom are used worldwide on farms to store granular products
with high commercial value, especially soybeans and maize. However, many questions …

Flat bottom cylindrical silos are employed worldwide to store granular products of high
commercial value. However, many gaps still remain in relation to pressure estimation and …