Title: Assessing Loads on Silos and Other Bulk Storage Structures : Research Applied to Practice Author: Geoffrey Blight ISBN: 0415392373 / 9780415392372 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 225 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Year: 2005 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
This comprehensive and unique work considers the various aspects involved in the behaviour of bulk storage structures. It is the accumulation of over 30 years of study, experiments and field measurements by the author, covering design, examination and evaluation of bulk storage structures. The subjects treated in this volume range from design, through operational behaviour, to failure and its prevention. The following areas are considered: theories of stresses and strains in particulate materials; material testing and evaluation for the prediction of a structure's loads and behaviour; methods for calculating loads and safety assessment; comparisons of field measurements with theoretical predictions; effects of non-ideal behaviour of stored materials; use of silo-related theories in geotechnical applications; measuring strains, deformations and pressure in operating structures; and case histories of silo problems, their causes and solutions. This title is highly valuable in informing professional engineers and researchers working in the fields of design, examination and evaluation of silos and bulk storage structures.
Foreword
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1 : The Objectives of This Book - Introduction References Chapter 2 : The Effects of Stress on Particulate Materials, Measuring Stress-Related Materials Properties, and Typical Values of These Properties Chapter 3 : Simple Theories for Calculating Loads on Bulk Particulate Materials Storage Structures, Including Considerations of Safety Chapter 4 : Correspondence Between Theory and Reality Illustrated by Measurements on Full Size Structures in Service Chapter 5 : The Influence of Non-Ideal Material Behaviour and Various Secondary Effects on Loading on Containments Chapter 6 : Application of Janssen-Type Theory to Other Engineering Problems Chapter 7 : Methods Used for Instrumenting Full Size Operational Structures Chapter 8 : Some Instructive Case Histories Chapter 9 : Full List of Research Publications on which This Book is Based