Inputs

ID of cylinder D = 3100 mm
= 10.17060367 f
Raius of shell R = 5.085301837 f
Height of cylindrical portion = 15000 mm
= 49.21259843 f
Height of frustum of cone hc = 1909 mm
= 6.26312336 f
Radius of small opening of cone r = 4.329518901 f
Depth of content in shell hi = 15000 mm
= 49.21259843 f
Design height in cyl prtion H = 15000 mm
= 49.21259843 f
Angle of cone with horizontal line α = 65 °
= 1.134464014 rad
Angle of repose of content θ = 35 °
0.610865238 rad
Joint efficiency of cone E = 0.35
Wind speed Vw = 38 m/s
Coef of darg cd = 1.2
Mean particle diameter = 20 µm
Density of content W = 750 kg/m^3
= 46.821 lb/f^3
Material
Shell = A 36
Conical bottom = A 36
Allowable tensile stress S = 21000 psi
Corrosion allowance CA = 0 mm
= 0 in
Density of steel ρ steel = 7850 kg/m^3
= 490.0598 lb/f^3
Lining density ρ lining = kg/m^3
= lb/f^3
Lining thickness t lin = mm
= in
Sol
1 Determine Bin deep or shallow
β = (90 + θ)/2 = 62.5 °
h = D. tanβ = 19.53754788 f
Therefor, Bin type = deep
Applicable theory = silo theory

2 Design using silo theory

a Shell Design
i Hydraulic radius
Rh = R/2 = 2.542650919 f

ii Pressure on bin walls, Pv and Ph

 Rankine factor K = 0.2709
K, from table 9-11, no surcharge considered
Mean particle size = 0.0007874 in
Hence, mean partcle size < 2 in
Frictional coef., material on bin wall
from table 9-10 µ' = tan(θ) = 0.700207538

= 0.025442196

Vertical pressure of contents Pv

= 611.6447349 psf

Horizontal pressure on bin walls Ph

ph = Pv.K = 165.6945587 psf

iii Wind load

Wind speed Vw = 38 m/s
= 85.00372 mph
Wind pressure Pw
Pw= 0.00256 x Vw^2 x cd = 22.19714278 lb-f^2
Moment due to wind Mw = 273379.7889 lb-f

iii Wights
Roof weight (DL +LL) WR = 10000 lb
Weight of shell & lining Ws = 25281.7 lb
Overturning moment M = 273379.8 lbf
Total weight of bin content W = 24456.83 lb
Weight of cone and lining Wc = 8708.43 lb
W1=W+Wc W1 = 33165.25806 lb
Weights of content in cyl portion W2
W2 = πR^2 HW = 187197.621 lb
Load caused by vertical pressure of
content W3
W3 =Pv πR^2 = 49691.55477 lb
Portion of bin conents carried by
binwalls due to friction W4
W4 = W2 - W3 = 137506.0662 lb
W5 = W4+WR+WS = 172787.8094 lb

iv Forces
Longitudinal force T1
T1 =(-W5 /πD)-(48.M/πD) = -416094.826 lb/f
Circumferential force T2
T2 = Ph R = 842.6068437 lb/f
for thin vessels, T = -416094.826 lb/f
v Maximum allowable comp stress Fa
= -244745.057 psi
 Fa<10000, hence Ok
Vi Selected thickness of shell t = 10 mm
0.393700787 in
Fa calculated= T/12*t Fa calc = -88073.4048 psi
Unity check Fa/Fcalc = 2.778875846 safe
Fa calculated < Fa, Hence Ok
b Conical bottom (ketchum)
at spring line
i Vertical pressure of contents Pv
Pv = wH = 2304.183071 psf

Pressure normal to the surface of

cone Pn

= 1125.871193 psf

Longitudinal force T1
= 1145.278388 lb/f

Circumferential force T2
= 6317.274252 lb/f

Thickness of cone plate t

= 0.071624425 in
= 1.819260385 mm
Selected cone thickness = 8 mm
= 0.31496063 in Ok

ii Ring compression (Wozniak)

Total circumferential force Q
= 2461.365225 lb

R2 = R/sin α = 5.611009759 f
= 0.797627094 in
= 0.848970813 in
Area of reinforcement required Ar
Ar = Q/S
Area of reinforcement available
Aa = Wc. t +Wh.tc
Additional area required
No reinforcement required
= 0.117207868 in^2
Aa
= 0.585461609 in^2
Ar-Aa = -0.46825374 in^2
check

0.35-1
check

ok

Eulers column theory

Critical load p = 29114099 lb
P=(∏^2. EI / 4H^2)/f.s
 Youngs modulus E = 29000000 psi
Moment of inertia I
I = (∏/64) *((D+2t)^4 - D^4) = 283798.88 in^4
Factor of safety f.s = 2
Longitudinal force T1/πD = -13295018 lb
unity chck = 2.1898503 safe

Sin α 0.906308

Sin θ 0.573576
Sin (α+θ) 0.984808
Innputs
Hopper type = Conical

Overall height of silo from hopper appex to hb = 15 m

the equivalent surface
Characteristic inside dia of silo cross section dc = 3m
Particle size = 0.003 m

Sol
1.1.2.3 Check for Dimensional limitation = OK
Conditions:-
hb/dc < 10 = 5 Satisfied
hb < 100 m = Satisfied
dc < 60 m = Satisfied

1.1.2.4 Particle size limitation

Particle size < 0.03 dc = Ok
0.03*dc = 0.09 m