To define the static load due to bulk materials,wall thickness,boundary conditions,imperfection,which effect on the stress behavior of the silos by silo loading,to design large-diameter flat-bottom squat steel silos,they are the principal problem to consider.

Floor-steel silos are widely used in the agriculture, mining industry, the chemical industry, the electrical power and so on.

At present,the majority of alumina factory use large-diameter ground-supported flat-bottomed cylindrical steel silo for storaging alumina.

The steel silo wall is a typical cylindrical shell structure which is very sensitive to the boundary conditions, so setting up stiffening rib on the silo wall can improve the stability effectively, but it is the lack of related research.

Performance under force of column-supported steel silos under wind loading;

Stability design of flat-bottom circular steel silos-silo loading;

Supporting silo walls directly on engaged columns provides a simple and cost-effective support arrangement for light steel silos.

The finite element analysis ot the steel silo structures under the temperature effect;

Some problems about the design of steel silo on the ground;

Determinations of load carrying capacity of the axially compressed thin cylindrical shells in steel silos;