As previously pointed out by several papers, it is seen that the bottom pressure distribution of the bulk materials in a cylindrical vessel with a flat bottom changes greatly according to the size of the particles, the size of the cylindrical vessel, the filling method and the filling speed. But the mechanism which generated the bottom pressure distribution has not been explained in full.
In this paper, the authors measured on the vertical bottom pressure distribution of the bed piled with the angle of repose on a flat measuring table and in a cylindrical vessel, to ascertain the formation of the arching in the bed, and discussed.
The results of the considerations are as follows.
(1) Arching phenomena generate to center part in the bed piled with angle of repose.
(2) Some weights of the center part dropped according to the arching are supported by the peripheral part in the bed piled.
(3) The mechanism of the arching is explained by formula of (6) approximately.
(4) The bottom pressure of the center part dropped is independent of the existence of the cylindrical vessel.
(5) In the case of the angle of repose with the cylindrical vessel, the vertical weight adding on the wall in the cylindrical vessel is shown by following a formula.
Ww=
W4-(
W3-
W1)
where,
W4,
W3,
W1 is shown in Fig. 16.
(6) The bottom pressures of the leg of arching become higher than calculated values by γ
h for the bed piled, and a scope of the leg is about two times of arch redius.
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