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A method of predicting the loads imposed on metal grain bins by changes in grain moisture content

Grant number: 97/02700-5
Support Opportunities:Scholarships abroad - Research
Start date: August 04, 1997
End date: February 03, 1999
Field of knowledge:Agronomical Sciences - Agricultural Engineering - Process Engineering of Agricultural Products
Principal Investigator:ADHEMAR PITELLI MILANI
Grantee:ADHEMAR PITELLI MILANI
Host Investigator: Ray Allen Bucklin
Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
Institution abroad: University of Florida, Gainesville (UF), United States  

Abstract

This project will focus on the swelling behavior of grain as its moisture content increases. A theoretical model of grain behavior will be developed and required physical properties will be measured. Predictions of the model will be compared to the behavior of grain in model bins. The model will initially be developed for soybeans and validated against observed behavior in model bins. Results will be replicated with wheat and corn. (AU)

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