Bin Design

The cost of poor planning is always a bitter pill. It is never cheaper and it is always more painful to build something poorly and then correct it later. Let alone the cost of living with the problems in …

Recently I was in Houston teaching an AIChE course on flow of solids in bins, silos and hoppers. During our discussions, repurposing of plant equipment, such as using an existing pump for a new process line, a liquid storage …

Design for the effects of non-axisymmetric loading Over the last 30 years I have been asked to investigate dozens of silo and bin designs in which something has gone wrong. Construction has been in reinforced concrete, steel and aluminum. Problems …