Horizontal pressures in cylindrical metal silos and comparison with different international standards

The focus of this research was to evaluate the horizontal pressures on a cylindrical metal silo of corrugated walls and flat bottom with 1.82m diameter and 5.4m high, and to compare the values with those obtained theoretically by the ISO 11697, EP 433 and AS 3774 standards. The silo was symmetricall...

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Main Authors: José W. B. do Nascimento, José P. Lopes Neto, Michael D. Montross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola 2013-08-01
Series:Engenharia Agrícola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162013000400002&tlng=en