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Journal of Tekirdag Agricultural Faculty, vol.7, no.3, pp.119-127, 2010 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
In this study, finite element analysis approach was used to investigate the displacements and bending
stresses exerted by shelled corn on a wall configuration made of folded steel plates. Silo walls panels with
trapezoidal corrugations were considered. Entire bin geometry was created with finite element approach; loads
calculated by using Jansen’s equations for pressures in deep bins were applied over the bin geometry. Resultant
displacements and bending stresses were evaluated by using the plots generated by finite element analysis
software. The highest bending stresses occurred at the corner of each wall panel with greater bending stresses
occurring around the tie bars. The highest displacements were observed at mid-points of wall span. Corrugations
with tie bars had significantly lower bending stresses than the corrugations without tie bars. Using the results of
this theoretical work, further studies can be performed for a complete silo model with a roof structure and a
hopper bottom and wind forces and the shear stresses can be added to the model. This may give a better
interpretation of the theoretical results on real models.