Calculation of concrete floors for fruit and vegetable processing plants and logistics centres using the modified Westergard and Meyerhof formulae
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Fruits and vegetables plants, Meyerhorf, WestergaardAbstract
In the fruit and vegetable plants and logistics centres of the agri-food chain, after a campaign of visits to multiple facilities in this sector, it has been determined that the most unfavourable points in terms of loads on the floor are the loads caused by the dunnage vehicles and by the storage racks. In this paper, based on the data obtained in these visits, an analytical calculation has been developed using the formulae of Westergaard (TR-34, 1997) and Meyerhof (TR-34, 2014) to optimise the design of sills.
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