Controlling the dynamic characteristics of steel bunker containers for bulk materials

Abstract The article presents the main results of research devoted to the definition and analysis of the dynamic characteristics of steel small-sized bunker containers for storing bulk materials. All studies were carried out using the finite element method with the use computer complex SCAD. The object of research was a bunker of a bypass track for feeding bulk materials with a total volume of up to 70 m 3 . The study analysed the natural partial frequency spectrum and the partial oscillation modes of individual load-bearing elements of the bunker. Based on the results of the data analysis, a rather high quantitative density of the natural frequency spectrum was determined. At the same time, its lower limit is about 25-30 Hz for an empty bunker capacity and decreases to 3-5 Hz when the bunker is fully loaded, which is dangerous from the point of view of the possibility of resonance phenomena. In order to qualitatively and quantitatively control the dynamic characteristics, it was proposed to change the steel strength of the structure, which made it possible to change the natural frequencies by about 15% for every 100 MPa change in steel strength for the bunker containers of the considered type.