ANÁLISE ESTRUTURAL DE SILOS SOBRE EFEITOS DE RECALQUES UTILIZANDO SOFTWARE DE ELEMENTOS FINITOS

Abstract

This work addresses a structural analysis of silos loaded with coffee beans under differential settlement effects. Such an approach is necessary since Brazil is one of the largest grain producers in the world and their storage plays an essential role in this process. The Bacharel em Engenharia Civil pelo Grupo Unis, Pós-Graduando em Engenharia de Estruturas pelo Grupo Unis.purposes of this study are to understand the behavior of silos in relation to settlements and to verify if they compromised the safety of the structure. These intentions will be achieved through a case study carried out in a coffee bean warehouse, composed of 272 elevated metallic silos, located in the municipality of Albertina, Minas Gerais, using vertical spring coefficients in a software that uses the finite element method (MEF). For this, an on-site inspection was carried out to inspect the structure and monitor settlements The analysis showed that settlements affected the distribution of loads in the foundations of the silos, and this load redistribution. could reach an increase of 35% in the piles that had less settlement Through the structural analysts carried out together with the data of the load capacity of the foundation obtained, a solution for reorganizing the structure was proposed, which is the procedure adopted by the company responsible for the warehouse.