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Undergraduate Course: Design of Silos and Tanks 5 (CIVE11004)

Course Outline
School School of Engineering College College of Science and Engineering
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Civil Other subject area None
Course website None
Course description This module introduces concepts and elementary calculations relating to the functional and structural design of silos and tanks. Its key focus is the relationship between stored solids (dry granular solids with more varied behaviours than soils) and shell structures used to contain them. The key ideas required to understand this practical structural form and to undertake simple designs are set out in the context of the European Standards: Eurocode 1 Part 4 (Actions in silos and tanks), Eurocode 3 Part 4.1 (Silos) and Eurocode 3 Part 4.2 (Tanks).
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Theory of Structures 3 (CIVE09015)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Prospectus website http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- describe the behaviour of dry granular solids in storage conditions;
- identify the chief causes of loss of function in a granular solids container;
- define the relationship between loss of function and the properties of granular solids, including how tests for these properties may be conducted and calculations performed to ensure adequate performance;
- calculate the pressures exerted on the wall of a simple silo or tank;
- calculate the stresses developing in a silo or tank wall under stored material loading;
- calculate the resistance of a metal silo wall under typical simple stress states;
- apply some of the provisions of Eurocode 1 Parts 4 and Eurocode 3 Parts 4.1 to perform these assessments.
Assessment Information
The assessment will be made on the basis of:
Degree examination 100%
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information
Special Arrangements
Not entered
Contacts
Course organiser Dr Simon Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 7159
Email: Simon.Smith@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Mrs Kim Orsi
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Kim.Orsi@ed.ac.uk
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