STRESS ANALYSIS OF SILO HOPPER

by G. SANGAREESWARI U. GANESAN

ABSTRACT
Silo Hoppers are used in industry for protection and storage of powdered materials. Hoppers must be designed such that they are easy to load. More importantly, hoppers must be designed such that they are easy to unload. This project deals with the stress analysis of silo hopper for two carbon steel materials. The aim of the present project is to analyze the silo hopper with certain load conditions and to compare the results for two different materials. The load conditions are Weight of the structure (Self-weight), Filling load on bin and live load on platform and including Wind load.

DESIGN PROCEDURE
Assessment of Material Properties Assessment of Flow Characteristics

Functional Design of Bin

Determination of Pressures and Forces Structural Design

ASSESSMENT OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES

The properties include the density of the material, its compressibility, and its angle of internal friction, angle of repose and angle of wall friction.

For the majority of stored materials such as ores,

coal, grain, etc

Assessment of Flow Characteristics

Based on the material properties mentioned above, it is necessary to determine the flow characteristics Mass flow, Funnel flow and Expanded flow.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MASS AND FUNNEL FLOW

STRUCTURE OF SILO HOPPER OF C15

Physical Properties (average values) at Ambient Temperature
Modulus of elasticity : 210 [103 x N/mm2]

Density
Electric resistivity

: 7.85[g/cm3]
: 0.11[Ohm mm2/m]

Thermal conductivity : 58.6 [W/m.K] Specific heat capacity : 0.46[J/g.K]

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