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W.Airy'S Theory: Shallow Bins. For This Case in Which The Depth of The Grains Stored in The Bin Is Small, Consider The

W. Airy's theory provides formulae to calculate: 1) The lateral pressure on the sides of shallow grain silos based on the weight and friction of a wedge-shaped section of grain. 2) The maximum lateral pressure occurs when the plane of rupture is at an angle where the rate of change of pressure with respect to angle is zero. 3) For deep silos, a similar analysis is used but accounts for the wedge spanning the full depth of grain rather than extending to the surface.

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W.Airy'S Theory: Shallow Bins. For This Case in Which The Depth of The Grains Stored in The Bin Is Small, Consider The

W. Airy's theory provides formulae to calculate: 1) The lateral pressure on the sides of shallow grain silos based on the weight and friction of a wedge-shaped section of grain. 2) The maximum lateral pressure occurs when the plane of rupture is at an angle where the rate of change of pressure with respect to angle is zero. 3) For deep silos, a similar analysis is used but accounts for the wedge spanning the full depth of grain rather than extending to the surface.

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W.

AIRY’S THEORY
Airy deduced formulae to determine the pressure per metre run of the horizontal periphery of the
silo (and thus,the pressure intensity in N/metre^2)and the lod of the filling caused by friction on the
sides.

Shallow Bins. For this case in which the depth of the grains stored in the bin is small, consider the
wedge ACE of the grain.

Let the thickness of the wedge be unity.

The forces acting on the wedges are the following:

 The weight W of the edge ACE.


 Total reaction o the side AC
 Total reaction the side AE

The reaction on the side AC is the resultant of the normal reaction P and the frictional resistance
µ’P.The resultant reaction on the side AE is the resultant of the normal reaction R and the frictional
resistance µR.

Resolving the above forces in equilibrium along the plane AE and perpendicular to the plane ,we get

µR + P cos Ө = (W-µ’P)sinӨ

R – P sin Ө = (W-µ’P) cosӨ

From the above relation, it can be shown that

P= { tanӨ - µ / (1-µµ’)+(µ+µ’)tanӨ}×W

but W=(wh^2/2) cotӨ

P = { tan Ө-µ/(1-µµ’)+(µ+µ’)tan Ө}wh^2/2 cot Ө ........(1)

The plane of rupture is corresponding to the condition that P must be maximum, and for this
condition dP/dӨ=0

Differentiating the above expression for with respect to P with respect to Ө and equating to zero,it
can be shown that

tanӨ=µ+√{µ*1+µ’/µ+µ’} ......... (2)

if the value of Ө obtained from eqn 2 is substituted in eqn1 . The lateral pressure exerted by the
wedge of unit thickness can be determined. If the result is multiplied by the periphery of the bin the
total lateral pressure can be determined. Multiplying the total pressure by µ’ , the weight of the
material held by friction at the sides can be calculated. The load on the bottom can now be
determined by subtracting from the total weights of the grains , the load carried by friction at the
sides.
Deep Bins. If the depth of the bin is large so that the plan of separation AE strikes the opposite sides
of the bin before emerging from the free surface of the grain , the angle of inclination Ө of the plan
ruptures and the total lateral pressure P may be computed on lines similar to the previous case. But
for this case the weight of the wedge.

= W = wb/2(2h-btanӨ)

Where, b= breadth of the bin

h = depth of the grain

The total pressure can be shown to be

P= wb/2*(2h-b tanӨ)* {tanӨ-µ/1-µµ’+(µ+µ’)tanӨ}

but tan Ө = √{(2h/b.1+µ^2/µ+µ’+1+µ^2/µ+µ’).(1-µµ’/µ+µ’-1-µµ’+µ+µ’)}

W.AIRY’S THEORY Airy deduced formulae to determine the
Deep Bins. If the depth of the bin is large so that the plan of separation AE strikes the opposite sides of the bin before em

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