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10.4.3. Moisture content<br />

With increasing moisture content, the friction force and the cohesion between<br />

grains increase. As a result a smaller part of the vertical loading is transmitted into<br />

the lateral direction. Consequently, the lateral to vertical pressure ratio should<br />

decrease with an increase in moisture content. Tests performed for cereals grain<br />

confirm this relationship (fig. 10.6). Nearly a linear decrease of the pressure ratio<br />

with an increase in moisture content was obtained for corn, rye and rape seeds.<br />

Another course of changes was obtained for barley: the pressure ratio was almost<br />

constant in the range of moisture content up to 17.5% and then decreased. This<br />

indicates that the influence of some other factors still remains out of control.<br />

Fig. 10.6. Pressure ratio as influenced by moisture content of grain<br />

10.4.4. Grain shape and surface roughness<br />

The shape, size and roughness of seeds were found to influence the pressure<br />

ratio. The influence of surface roughness can be determined in an indirect way by<br />

considering its influence on the angle of internal friction. The more rough the surface<br />

the higher the angle of internal friction and consequently the lower the pressure ratio.<br />

In practice it is difficult to separate the influence of the shape and roughness of grain.<br />

It is much easier to observe the combined effect of both factors: the smoother the<br />

surface and the closer the shape to a sphere, the higher the pressure ratio. The pressure<br />

ratio of the material composed of elongated grains, like cereal grain, is generally<br />

lower than the pressure ratio of material composed of spherical grains (Tab. 10.1 and

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