SILO FAILURES: WHY DO THEY HAPPEN?

Silos and bins fail with a frequency that is much higher than that of almost any other industrial equipment. Sometimes the failure involves only distortion or deformation that, while unsightly, does not pose a safety or occupational hazard. In other cases, failure involves complete collapse of the...

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Main Authors: JOHN W. CARSON, TRACY HOLMES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gdańsk University of Technology 2003-10-01
Series:TASK Quarterly
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Online Access:https://journal.mostwiedzy.pl/TASKQuarterly/article/view/2169