Analysis of pressures in a storage silo of bean cultivars with different types of steel

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
11
Article ID: 
23004
4 pages
Research Article

Analysis of pressures in a storage silo of bean cultivars with different types of steel

Diego José Araújo Bandeira, Ariadne Soares Meira, Patrício Gomes Leite, Antônio Nunes de Oliveira, Marcia Janiele Nunes da Cunha Lima, Keviane Pereira Aragão, Rodolfo Ramos Castelo Branco and Anúbes Pereira de Castro

Abstract: 

The Brazilian agricultural production exceeds the storage capacity, with that the construction of silo becomes essential, being the loads exerted by the product stored in the structure, the main factor for disasters in silos. In view of this, the present work aims to determine the pressures exerted by bean cultivars, according to EUROCODE 1. The experiment was conducted at the Laboratory of Rural Constructions and Ambience - LACRA of the Federal University of Campina Grande, in the municipality of Campina Grande- PB, analyzing the different types of beans: carioquinha (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), black (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and macassar (Vigna unguiculata). The physical and flow characteristics of the products were measured, and two types of steel were used, being smooth steel and rough steel, to determine the pressure exerted by these cultivars in the storage silo. It was concluded that the products are classified as coarse grains, with free flow, the pressures exerted by the product are consistent with the norms established in the Eurocode 1 standard.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.23004.10.2021
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