Silo Design

Have you ever heard of or come across a silos enthusiast or hobbyist? Probably not, unless you know someone working for Jenike & Johanson! No wonder, silos are not the most exciting or appealing object for appreciation. Silos are plain, …

Continuing from Chapters 3 and Chapter 4 with the story of how to design bins and silos, and make sure you get it right, here are some more thoughts on the extensive and important subject of flexure in reinforced concrete …

Not long ago, I browsed a dissertation written by a Ph.D. candidate who had spent years developing models of a biofuels production process. The manuscript was impressive. The document was thorough in its derivations based on reaction kinetics, conservation of …