DOERICH, Cornelia; VANLAERE, Wesley; LAGAE, Guy; ROTTER, J. Michael(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2009-12-11)
Steel silos are often supported on a small number of columns to facilitate emptying
operations. The connection between these columns and an elevated cylindrical metal silo
shell is a long-standing difficult problem in ...
VANLAERE, Wesley; DOERICH, Cornelia; LAGAE, Guy; VAN IMPE, Rudy(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2009-12-11)
The main part of a traditional silo is the cylindrical shell placed upon a limited number of
support columns in order to facilitate emptying operations. These local supports lead to
stress concentrations in the cylinder ...