Abstract: Silos are the stack-like structures that are more commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. As the density, flow and friction properties of stored material vary, the loads applied on silo structure and associated load carrying system also vary. In this paper reinforced concrete silo supported with shear walls and supported on only columns are considered with same dimensions. These two silos are modeled using Finite Element Method package software SAP 2000. These are molded for the soil type II situated in the zone II when silo is empty, partially filled and fully filled with storage material. In this thesis reinforced concrete silo supported with shear walls and supported on only columns are considered with same dimensions. These two silos are modeled using Finite Element Method package software SAP2000. These are molded for the soil type II situated in the zone II for different types of filling conditions viz: Silo fully filled with storage material, Silo half filled with storage material and Silo without storage material. These models are analysed for different load combination according to IS1893 (Part-I):2002 and then response of reinforced concrete silo with shear wall and without shear walls has been determined in terms of Time period. The results reveal the effect of stored material on non-linear seismic behavior of Reinforced Concrete Silo.

Keywords: Storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust.