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International Agrophysics
publisher:Institute of Agrophysics
Polish Academy of Sciences
Lublin, Poland
ISSN: 0236-8722


vol. 12, nr. 2 (1998)

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Wear-in effects on loads in cylindrical and conical model grain bins
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Horabik J.1, Molenda M.1, Ross I.J.2
1 Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, P.O. Box 201,20-290 Lublin 27, Poland
2 Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Kentucky, 128 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0276, U.S.A.

vol. 12 (1998), nr. 2, pp. 109-114
abstract The vertical wall and floor loads exerted by soft red winter wheat on flat-floor model bins are compared for cylindrical and conical shape bins. The change in the inclination of the bin wall from 0° to 6° with respect to the vertical direction significantly decreased all measured and calculated load parameters.
keywords wheat, loads, friction, bin