113 Category 3: Industrial Buildings and Plants 3 ‘Eurosilo’ Construction of 16 New Grainsilos - Ghent, Belgium SE Owner Eurosilo Architect VK Engineering nv Engineering Office VK Engineering nv Construction Period 10/2015 - 07/2016 Euro-Silo is a distribution centre for grain and derivatives in the port of Ghent. Currently, VK is working on 16 new vertical grain silos (Ø18 m) with a filling height of up to 40 m. Special attention had to be paid to the differential deformation of the conveyors on top of the silos due to deviating filling grades and the corresponding settlements. The entire project involves 750 tons of steel S355 and 20.000 m³ of concrete C40/50. In this project, SCIA Engineer was used to carry out several analyzes: the global stability, the interaction of the subsoil with the foundation slab and the silo walls, the impact of extreme temperature differences of up to 71°C, peak pressures of up to 900 kN/m² due to dust explosion and the efficiency of the silo. Also the Revit-link was used for fast modelling and drawings. To reduce the execution time and the flexibility of the connections of the steel structures, a modular structure was designed to be easily assembled. In the first stage, the different components of the structure were modelled separately to make a first estimation of the internal forces and the reactions. Afterwards, a complete 3D model was composed to optimise the structure, to determine the reinforcement and to evaluate overall differential deformations. The silo walls are designed as thin as possible, to reduce the impact of the extreme temperature differences. Joints are created in the foundation slab to reduce the internal forces due to settlements. Contact Gert Cocquyt, Nikolaas Demeester, Frederique Noë Address Axxes Business Park, Guldensporenpark Building A, n°4 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium Website www.vkgroup.be VK Architects & Engineers offers its services in healthcare, buildings, industry and public space. Our multi-disciplinary engineering building services and civil & structural engineering have a proven track record with renowned architects. VK’s portfolio features many challenging and large-scale projects, new constructions, as well as renovations, expert assessments and management. The new NATO headquarters, the Antwerp law courts and the Ghent Ghelamco Arena are but a few examples. VK Engineering
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