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Soil
Storage & Conveyance |
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A soil storage system
capable of holding and handling large quantities of soil for full-scale
and near full-scale soil-structure interaction experiments on pipelines
and bridge systems will be constructed in the crane bay area of the
Winter Lab. The crane bay has 5.5 m high, 0.3-m-thick concrete walls
spanning the 4.5 m horizontal distances between heavy, laced, concrete
jacketed columns that support the roof.
The columns are jacketed for their lower 5.5 m and unjacketed for
the remaining 6.7 m. Steel beams with and exposed flange were cast
into the concrete columns. The flanges are used to connect other structural
members to the columns. The columns are approximately 1.2 m deep and
there is approximately 4 m between the inner edges of any two adjacent
columns. This volume is reduced in the lower portions of the units
because of the tapered sections. Reinforced steel plating will be
placed between the inner steel flanges of adjacent columns to create
the basic storage unit. A conveyor belt assembly with a cleated belt
trough slider bed belt will be used to charge the soil bins. The front
of the soil storage containment bins will have sliding steel discharge
panels. Discharged soil will be moved with ether an existing small
Bobcat loader, trip-release concrete bucket and overhead crane, or
the conveyor belt.
Soil-Storage |
Performance
Specification |
Soil Bins |
On-site storage of on the order of 40 to 45 cubic meters
of soil used in large-scale movable split soil boxes. Inside
storage for moisture control and to avoid freezing. Minimize
internal use of floor space in crane bay. |
Conveyor System |
Mechanical movement of large quantities of soil to and from
storage bins. Portability. Flexible configurations. |
For more information about the soil storage bins and conveyor system, please
click here.
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