Effect of filling method on load distribution in model grain bins

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 219-224

  Molenda, M ^a,b   Horabik, J ^a,b   Ross, I J ^a,c,d  

^a ASAE ^*

^b INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bins; Internal friction; Loads distribution; Packing; Wheat

Indexed keywords

FILLING; GRAIN ELEVATORS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTERNAL FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GRAIN BINS; WHEAT;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

EID: 0029679463     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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