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)