SILO WALL STRESS DISTRIBUTION

cone diameter, D 1.40 m

hopper discharge diameter, B 0.20 m
total Height, H 2.20 m
hopper height, h 1.04 m
cone hopper angle, Θ 30.01 deg

material ANT
material bulk density, γ 1,064 kg/m^3

wall friction angle, Ø' 25 deg

Janssen ratio ,Kj 0.40
d is t a n c e f ro m t o p o f s ilo ,z ( m )

normal w all pressure, p (kg/m^3)

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MAXIMUM STRESS

OVERLOAD FACTOR = 1.00

NORMAL TANGENTIAL
z kg/m^2 kN/m^2 z kg/m^2 kN/m^2
0.00 - - 0.00 - -
CYLINDER
1.16 483 5 0.00 225 2
1.16 1,678 16 0 782 8
HOPPER
2.20 294 3 0 137 1

1270
21.166666667
w 0.3527777778
pb 1000
g 9.81
k 1.4
dp 0.1

0.0001941953
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0.172756349
172.75634897
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tons/m^3 angle of repose FILLING
MNM 2.5 34.2 2,500 z
RDC 3.046 39.6 3,046 0 ### 0 0 ###
HAH 2.51 48 2,510 ### ###### ### ###
CRL 2.67 36.7 2,670 ### ###### ### ###
CAJ 2.782 47.2 2,782 ### ###### ### ###
MSC 2.55 36.6 2,550 ### ###### ### ###
CB L 0.739 38.8 739 1 ###### 0 ###
AM L 0.97 49.6 970 1 ######
DOL 1.56 38.2 1,560 1 ######
LS L 1.48 40.6 1,480 2 ######
LS F 1.6 40 1,600 2 ######
SPL 2 40 2,000 2 ######
NSG 1.38 37.2 1,380 2 ######
SO 1.85 33 1,850
GOA 1.97 42.1 1,970 ### ni 1 ### 2 -1 ###
RBR 2.42 35 2,420 ### ### 1 -1 ###
MBR 2.86 35 2,860 ### ### 1 -1 ###
BLM L 1.15 35 1,150 ### ### 1 -1 ###
HLP 0.61 30 610 ### ### 0 -1 ###
ANT 1.064 49.6 1,064 1 ### 0 -1 ###
ST SLAG 1.6 37.2 1,600

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The borders between funnel and mass flow, which result from the calculations of

Figure 4a: Design diagram for mass flow (wedge-shaped hopper)

Figure 4b: Design diagram for mass flow (conical hopper)

lt from the calculations of Jenike [7], are shown in figure 4a for the wedge shaped hopper and in figure 4b for the conical hopper. In the diag

wall friction angle jx

hopper slope angle Q measured against the vertical
The effective angle of internal friction je
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conical hopper. In the diagrams the wall friction angle jx is drawn over the hopper slope angle Q measured against the vertical. The effectiv
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st the vertical. The effective angle of internal friction je, which is a measure of the internal friction of the bulk solid, is the parameter of the m
is the parameter of the mass flow/funnel flow borderlines. The borderlines separate all pairs of values leading to mass flow from those lead
mass flow from those leading to funnel flow.