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Design of Bunkers and Silos
Design of Bunkers and Silos
Shallow Shallow
Deep Deep
Bunkers Silos
Shallow Shallow
Deep Deep
Bunkers
Shallow
Deep
Bunkers
Shallow
Deep
Silos
Shallow
Deep
Orifice /Opening
Heap of free
flowing
A material
1
Plane of Rupture
2
B = 45 + A/2 B2
B and A are in degrees
Plane of Rupture
m = cos 2 + K . sin 2
d = dia Emptying
Pressure
h
Mn(0.75h 0r
1.2 d ) Filling
Pressure
h1
P1
Hb Hb’ W2
B
W3
h2 Rv P2
a 2b P3
O Hc C
A Support
for ring
Beam
h1 r
ph
B
c r1 c
h2
Hoop tension Wall = Ph. r
Hoop tension Hopper = Pn. R1. cosec
O
TL Longitudinal tension = Wt / (2. pi .
Refer : IS 9178 (Part II) r1. cosec )
fig 1. Page 14
Wt = Total weight at c-c
• Hopper Component
• Skin Plate or Sheathing Plate
• Ribs Beams/Angles