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Silo Design and Calculation Guide

This document provides calculations for the design of a steel silo with a cylindrical height of 8,975 mm and conical height of 6,500 mm. It calculates the volume, weight of stored material, self-weight of the silo, and maximum pressures and stresses on the silo. The key results are a total load on the silo of 1,100 metric tons and a maximum tensile stress in the silo shell of 700.52 MPa. Design considerations include material properties, wall thicknesses, and standards.

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Silo Design and Calculation Guide

This document provides calculations for the design of a steel silo with a cylindrical height of 8,975 mm and conical height of 6,500 mm. It calculates the volume, weight of stored material, self-weight of the silo, and maximum pressures and stresses on the silo. The key results are a total load on the silo of 1,100 metric tons and a maximum tensile stress in the silo shell of 700.52 MPa. Design considerations include material properties, wall thicknesses, and standards.

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  • Silo Input Data and Volume Calculation
  • Silo Weight Calculations
  • Design and Stress Analysis

INPUT DATA:

I/D of silo 8300 mm


Cylindrical height 8975 mm
Conical height 6500 mm
Density of material 1.7 MT/m3
Angle of repose 38 degree
Silo supporting height 19.85 m
Density of steel (D) 7.85 T/m3

Note:
1. Silo and its supporting structure shall be in structural steel.
2. Silo top shall be in structural steel beams and plate.
3. Silo bottom shall have structural steel plate with conical portion of silo.

Volume Calculation:

Diameter of silo (d) 8.3 m


d2 0.762 m
Cylindrical height (h1) 8.975 m
Conical height (h2) 6.5 m
Thickness of plate (Cylindrical) (t1) 10 mm
Thickness of plate (hopper) (t2) 10 mm
Thickness of liner plate (hopper) (t 3) 4 mm

Total Volume (V) (((π*d2)*h1 )/4) + (((π*d2)/4)*(h2/3))


602.53 m3

Effective capacity of silo (V) 407 m3


Density of material (ϒ) 1.7 T/m3
Angle of repose (Φ) 38 deg

Total weight of stored material (W 1) ϒ*V


691.9 T

Calculation of self weight of Silo:


Wt of cylindrical portion (Ws1) π*d*h1*t1*D
18.36 T
Wt of conical portion (Ws2) (π*d*(√(h22+(d/2)2))*t2*D)/2
7.89 T

Wt of liner(Ws3) (π*d*(√(h22+(d/2)2))*t3*D)/2
3.16 T

Wt of roof(WS4) 2 T (Approx)
2T

Miscellaneous wt for rings etc(WS5) 8T

Self wt of silo (W2) (Ws1+Ws2+Ws3+Ws4+Ws5)


39.41 T

Self wt of silo say (W2) 60 T

Total live load from roof(W3) 0T

Total load from silo(W) (W1+W2+W3)


751.9 T
Say W 1100 T

Total dead load only(Wd1) W2


60 T

Design of cylindrical portion of silo:


Φ 38 deg

Refer table 3 of IS9178(part I)


Consider granular material of particle size > 0.2 mm

Angle of wall friction while filling (ẟ1) 0.75*Φ


0.5

Angle of wall friction while emptying (ẟ2) 0.6 *Φ


0.4

Pressure ratio while filling ( λf) 0.5

Pressure ratio while emptying ( λe) 1

Bulk density of stored material W ϒ


1.7 T/m3
Horizontal cross sectional area of stored material depth Z=A
Perimeter of cross sectional area of stored material stored material at depth Z=U

At Z= 8.975m, A πd2/4
U πd
R A/U
R 2.1 m

μf tan(ẟ1)
0.546

μe tan(ẟ2)
0.423

For max pressure calculations refer clause [Link] is 9178 PART I

Max vertical pressure during filling (Pv) ((W*R)/(μf*λf))


13.077 t/m2

Max horizontal pressure during filling (Ph) (w*R)/μe


8.44 t/m2

Vertical load transferred to wall per unit area due to


friction during emptying (Pw) W*R
3.57 t/m2

Refer clause 9.4 of IS:9178 part II

For cylindrical portion Pn Ph


8.44 t/m2
Hoop tension in cylindrical wall T H (pn * d)/2
35.026 t/m

considering wall thickness th 10 mm

corrosion allowance refer clause 13 of IS 9178 PART


II C 5 mm

Effective thickness th1 th - C


5 mm

Tensile stress in silo shell fstac (TH * 1000)/(0.1*th1*100)


700.52

INPUT DATA: I/D of silo 8300 mm Cylindrical height 8975 mm Conical height 6500 mm Density of material 1.7 Angle of repose 38
7.89 T 3.16 T 2 T (Approx) 2 T 8 T Self wt of silo (W2) 39.41 T Self wt of silo say (W2) 60 T Total live load from roof(W3) 0
1.7 Horizontal cross sectional area of stored material depth Z=A Perimeter of cross sectional area of stored material stored

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