Eccentric Discharge From Silos

I will be presenting an article related to eccentric discharge from silos at the 2014 Structures Congress in Boston, MA, April 3-5, 2014. I thought about sharing a “blog” version of the article on our website, so here it is. For those attending the congress, you can join me for the presentation on April 3 as I discuss these fascinating structures and their behavior. Silos are one of the most critical pieces of equipment in industrial facilities and, at the same time, one of the least understood. When designing a process in an industrial plant, it is assumed that all bulk materials will be handled reliably. However, as these processes increase in complexity and size due to plant improvements and greater global demand for products, many storage silos are designed or modified to discharge eccentrically.