Assessing Loads on Silos and Other Bulk Storage Structures

Research Applied to Practice
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-39237-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blight, Geoffrey

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Abwasser- und Kanalisationstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Mathematische Methoden, Computeranwendungen (Bauingenieurwesen)
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Objectives of This Book – Introduction 2. The Effects of Stress on Particulate Materials, Measuring Stress-Related Materials Properties, and Typical Values of These Properties 3. Simple Theories for Calculating Loads on Bulk Particulate Materials Storage Structures, Including Considerations of Safety 4. Correspondence Between Theory and Reality Illustrated by Measurements on Full Size Structures in Service 5. The Influence of Non-Ideal Material Behaviour and Various Secondary Effects on Loading on Containments 6. Application of Janssen-Type Theory to Other Engineering Problems 7. Methods Used for Instrumenting Full Size Operational Structures 8. Some Instructive Case Histories.

Über Autor(innen)

Geoffrey Blight completed his Bachelor and Master degrees at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and his PhD at Imperial College, London. There he carried out some of the earliest research on the mechanics of unsaturated soils, under the supervision of the legendary Alan Bishop. His early work, published jointly with Bishop and others in 1960, 1961 and 1963, provided data that is still being used by new generations of researchers on unsaturated soil behaviour. He soon became interested in the application of unsaturated soil mechanics to residual soils and mine waste and has published extensively in these areas. He has also applied unsaturated soil mechanics principles in related fields such as concrete and silo technology. He was a member of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering’s Technical Committee on the Properties of Tropical and Residual Soils from 1982 to 1997 and served as Chairman from 1994 to 1997. He edited and co-authored the first (1997) edition of "Mechanics of residual soils", which was produced during his Chairmanship. In addition to the second edition of Mechanics of residual soils (2012), he has also authored or co-authored the books: "Assessing loads on silos and other bulk storage structures" (2006), "Geotechnical engineering for mine waste storage facilities" (2010), and "Alkali-aggregate reaction and structural damage to concrete" (2011), all published by CRC Press/Balkema. He passed away in November 2013.