Although the analyses of wall pressure distribution in a bin have been reported already by Janssen, Jenike, Walker and Walters, it seems that the results do not always well agree with the experimental ones. Therefore, experimental study is needed to clarify the mechanism of pressure.
In this paper, the authors measured the wall pressures by different methods of filling a bin with bulk solids. The results obtained are as follows:
The wall pressures in the flowing and static states differ greatly due to the difference of the filling conditions in a bin which change with the filling methods.
In the case of granular materials, fed into the central part in a bin, the flow becomes a perfect mass-flow type. But, that of the peripheral feed becomes an imperfect one, when a definite pulsating pressure is produced at a transition in a bin, and the pressure becomes higher than that of the central feed.
In the case of powder, the flow properties reverse the tendency against that of granular materials, that is, the flow for peripheral feed does not become perfect mass-flow type, while that of central feed is a perfect one.
Walters' theory differs from these experimental results both statically and dynamically, especially, at the cylindrical section near a transition in a bin. The actual pressure increases more than the theoretical value. These reasons are explainted by observaitons of flow-patterns using a half cylindrical vessel, and measuring the bottom pressure in a flat bin.
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