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 …

This paper describes experimental research on the wall normal stress in a laboratory-scale
coal silo. The stresses were measured during discharge by pressure sensors arranged in …

Although the enhancement of insert on the discharge rate of particles drained from silo has
been recognized and reported by different researchers, a thorough understanding of the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In this paper, we report the results for pressures in full-size silos obtained from assays
performed on a test station. This basically consisted of a mid-scale cylindrical silo equipped …

为合理计算大型浅仓贮料的侧压力, 该文基于统一强度理论, 采用静力平衡分析法,
综合考虑了中间主应力, 仓壁与贮料间的摩擦力以及由于锥堆产生的超压等影响 …