dr hab. inż. Michał Wójcik | Politechnika Gdańska

The results of experimental and numerical tests of a single corrugated sheet silo column’s buckling resistance are presented in this study. The experiments were performed in a real silo with and without bulk solid (wheat). A very positive impact of the bulk solid on the column buckling resistance occurred. The experimental results were first compared to the buckling resistance calculated by Eurocode 3 formulae. The comparison revealed that...

Charakterystyki przepływu materiałów sypkich w silosach mają znaczenie dla naporów wywieranych na ściany silosu. Można je zmieniać za pomocą różnych wkładek. W pracy omówiono wyniki liczbowe dotyczące ograniczonego przepływu niespoistego ziarnistego piasku w pełnowymiarowym silosie metalowym z różnymi symetrycznie rozmieszczonymi wkładami, służącymi do korekcji wzorca przepływu (podwójny stożek, stożek w stożku i odwrócony stożek)....

The paper focuses on confined silo flow of cohesionless sand. The problem considered is a quasi-static flow in a plane strain model silo with parallel walls simulated with the material point method (MPM). The simulation used a non-local hypoplastic constitutive model. Initially, the paper validated the implemented numerical approach with basic element tests and a plane strain compression test. The subsequent MPM calculations for...

Cylindrical steel tanks are important components of industrial facilities. Their safety becomes a crucial issue since any failure may cause catastrophic consequences. The aim of the paper is to show the results of comprehensive FEM numerical investigation focused on the response of cylindrical steel tanks under mining tremors and moderate earthquakes. The effects of different levels of liquid filling, the influence of non-uniform...

The paper deals with modelling of shear localization in granular bodies by means of an enhanced hypoplastic constitutive model and material point method (MPM). The calculations were carried out for plane strain compression of non-cohesive sand. In order to properly capture the width and inclination of shear zones, the constitutive model was enriched by a characteristic length of micro-structure by means of a non-local theory....