SILO DESIGN TO EN 1991-4

NOODESBERG 8m DIAMETER CONDITIONING SILO

GEOMETRY Max Normal Pressure o

z
Internal diameter dc 8.0 m YJ(z) Phf
Hopper height (inverted cone) hh 5.75 m 0 0.000 0.0
Hopper slope β 25 deg 1 0.133 5.3
Wall height h 35.0 m 2 0.249 9.9
Operating height hmax 25.0 m 3 0.349 13.9
Concrete penthouse floor tcf 0.285 m 4 0.436 17.4
Concrete roof tcr 0.285 m 5 0.511 20.4
6 0.576 23.0
MATERIAL PROPERTIES 7 0.632 25.2
SUGAR 8 0.681 27.2
Unit weight-lower γl 8 kN/m3 9 0.724 28.9
Unit weight-upper γu 9.5 kN/m3 10 0.761 30.3
Angle of repose φr 38 deg 11 0.793 31.6
Angle of internal friction-mean φim 32 deg 12 0.820 32.7
Angle of internal friction-factor aφ 1.19 13 0.844 33.7
Lateral pressure ratio-mean Km 0.5 14 0.865 34.5
Lateral pressure ratio-factor aK 1.2 15 0.883 35.2
Wall friction coefficient-Type D1 μD1 0.46 slippery 16 0.899 35.8
Wall friction coefficient-Type D2 μD2 0.51 smooth 17 0.912 36.4
Wall friction coefficient-Type D3 μD3 0.56 raspy 18 0.924 36.8
Wall friction coefficient-factor aμ 1.07 19 0.934 37.2
20 0.943 37.6
PARAMETERS 21 0.950 37.9
Internal radius r 4.0 m 22 0.957 38.1
Perimeter U 25.1 m 23 0.963 38.4
Cross sectional area A 50.3 m2 24 0.968 38.6
Product cone height htp 1.72 m 25 0.972 38.7
Highest solid wall contact h0 0.57 m 26 0.976 38.9
27 0.979 39.0
MAXIMUM NORMAL PRESSURE ON WALL 28 0.982 39.1
Unit weight γ 9.5 kN/m3 29 0.984 39.2
Angle of internal friction φi 26.9 30 0.986 39.3
Lateral pressure ratio K 0.60 31 0.988 39.4
Wall friction coefficient-Type D2 μ 0.48 32 0.990 39.5
Filling Pressures 33 0.991 39.5
Ph0 39.9 34 0.992 39.6
z0 6.99
Empling Pressures
Silo class 2 Ch 1.15
Cw 1.10

MAXIMUM WALL FRICTION

Unit weight γ 9.5 kN/m3
Angle of internal friction φi 26.9
Lateral pressure ratio K 0.60
Wall friction coefficient-Type D2 μ 0.55
Filling Pressures
Ph0 34.8
z0 6.11
Max Normal Pressure on Wall Max Wall Friction
Pwf Phe Pwe YJ(z) Phf Pwf Phe Pwe
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2.5 6.1 2.8 0.151 5.3 2.9 6.0 3.2
4.7 11.4 5.2 0.279 9.7 5.3 11.2 5.8
6.6 16.0 7.3 0.388 13.5 7.4 15.5 8.1
8.3 20.0 9.1 0.480 16.7 9.1 19.2 10.0
9.7 23.4 10.7 0.559 19.5 10.6 22.4 11.7
10.9 26.4 12.0 0.626 21.8 11.9 25.0 13.1
12.0 29.0 13.2 0.682 23.7 13.0 27.3 14.3
12.9 31.2 14.2 0.730 25.4 13.9 29.2 15.3
13.8 33.2 15.1 0.771 26.8 14.6 30.9 16.1
14.5 34.9 15.9 0.805 28.0 15.3 32.3 16.8
15.1 36.3 16.6 0.835 29.1 15.9 33.4 17.4
15.6 37.6 17.1 0.860 29.9 16.3 34.4 18.0
16.0 38.7 17.6 0.881 30.7 16.7 35.3 18.4
16.4 39.6 18.1 0.899 31.3 17.1 36.0 18.8
16.8 40.5 18.5 0.914 31.8 17.4 36.6 19.1
17.1 41.2 18.8 0.927 32.3 17.6 37.1 19.4
17.3 41.8 19.1 0.938 32.7 17.8 37.6 19.6
17.6 42.3 19.3 0.947 33.0 18.0 37.9 19.8
17.7 42.8 19.5 0.955 33.3 18.2 38.3 20.0
17.9 43.2 19.7 0.962 33.5 18.3 38.5 20.1
18.1 43.6 19.9 0.968 33.7 18.4 38.8 20.2
18.2 43.9 20.0 0.973 33.9 18.5 38.9 20.3
18.3 44.1 20.1 0.977 34.0 18.6 39.1 20.4
18.4 44.4 20.2 0.980 34.1 18.6 39.3 20.5
18.5 44.6 20.3 0.983 34.2 18.7 39.4 20.6
18.5 44.7 20.4 0.986 34.3 18.7 39.5 20.6
18.6 44.9 20.5 0.988 34.4 18.8 39.6 20.6
18.7 45.0 20.5 0.990 34.5 18.8 39.6 20.7
18.7 45.1 20.6 0.991 34.5 18.8 39.7 20.7
18.7 45.2 20.6 0.993 34.6 18.9 39.7 20.7
18.8 45.3 20.7 0.994 34.6 18.9 39.8 20.8
18.8 45.4 20.7 0.995 34.6 18.9 39.8 20.8
18.8 45.4 20.7 0.995 34.7 18.9 39.9 20.8
18.9 45.5 20.7 0.996 34.7 18.9 39.9 20.8