The paper presents research results for improving the shape of civil engineering structures that will be used to store bulk materials. It gives detailed discussion of new structural forms of bunkers and silos which result in more strength and better unloading of bulk materials. The paper demonstrates the advantages of designing the engineering structures as a system of plates and shells. The descriptions of the proposed structural designs are demonstrated with figures. The paper provides the experimental results for large reinforced concrete bunkers of pyramidal/prismatic form.
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