Forces on Temperature Cables in a Model Bin Under Restrained Conditions

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1991
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Thompson, Sidney
Schwab, Charles
Ross, I.
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Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Since 1905, the Department of Agricultural Engineering, now the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE), has been a leader in providing engineering solutions to agricultural problems in the United States and the world. The department’s original mission was to mechanize agriculture. That mission has evolved to encompass a global view of the entire food production system–the wise management of natural resources in the production, processing, storage, handling, and use of food fiber and other biological products.

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In 1905 Agricultural Engineering was recognized as a subdivision of the Department of Agronomy, and in 1907 it was recognized as a unique department. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. The department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology in 2004.

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Temperature cables restrained from lateral movement, were measured as a function of grain height, cable location and surface coating. For the restrained conditions, the cable forces were one to nine times those previously measured for unrestrained cables. The large load increase on the restrained cables is believed to be caused by the flow profile which existed at each of the three different cable locations. The flow profile at the center cable is predominantly vertical and the forces in the restrained condition resembled those in the unrestrained condition. For the two outer cable locations, both vertical and lateral force components exist because of the nature of the discharging grain at these two different locations. For the restrained condition, the largest forces occurred on the cable located at the middle position. For the unrestrained condition, the largest forces occurred on the cable located at the wall position. Surface coatings on the cable had an effect on the magnitude of the forces. Forces on vinyl coated cables were significantly larger than either the nylon or HDLE polyethylene coated cables in the restrained condition.

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This article is from Transactions of the ASAE 34, no. 5 (1991): 2187–2192.

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