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Strona 2_redak - Instytut Agrofizyki im. Bohdana Dobrzańskiego ...

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The sample holder proper for particular tested material is placed in the body of the<br />

apparatus and thoroughly filled. The holder is closed with the cover and prescribed air<br />

pressure is applied that is adjusted with the valve and kept constant for 30 seconds.<br />

Then the pressure is decreased to zero and the perforated plate removed to open the<br />

outlet. The pressure gauge is turned on, and pressure in the sample holder increased<br />

till the moment of collapse of an arch when material flow commences. The<br />

measurement cycle from consolidation to outflow is repeated four t<strong>im</strong>es (at least) for<br />

one level of consolidation pressure. Results obtained with the tester were compared<br />

with results of the Jenike method for l<strong>im</strong>estone powder and baking soda. Part of the<br />

tests showed fairly good agreement of results of the two methods, while another part<br />

was in disagreement. The authors concluded that the tester may be successfully<br />

applied for comparison of different lots of the same material [134].<br />

3.1.4. Uniaxial tester of POSTEC<br />

Led by premises s<strong>im</strong>ilar to those reported by other designers of powder testers,<br />

researchers of the Norwegian institution POSTEC proposed their own solution. The<br />

tester is a type of indirect shear apparatus, namely uniaxial, and its description here is<br />

quoted after Maltby and Enstad [102]. In uniaxial compression test a compressive<br />

failure strength s<strong>im</strong>ilar to the unconfined yield strength 1 c may be determined directly<br />

as a function of the consolidation stress 1 1 . The measurement is taken in a fraction of<br />

t<strong>im</strong>e required by other testers. Due to the consolidation procedure used, the tester does<br />

not measure the flow function, and therefore should not be used for silo design unless<br />

a correction factor is introduced. The procedure used assures the scatter of the results<br />

is min<strong>im</strong>al, which together with the rapidity with which such measurements can be<br />

made, makes the test perfectly suitable for quality control purposes. In the POSTEC<br />

tester (see fig. 13.4) the sample is confined in a slightly conical die and consolidated<br />

by the piston moving vertically down. The flexible membrane is stretched between<br />

the outer surface of the piston and inner surface of the lower part of the die. A layer of<br />

lubricant is spread between the flexible membrane and the die wall. The die is filled<br />

upside down and closed with a tight cover, turned upside down again and placed into<br />

the guiding device of the tester. The sample is consolidated by moving the piston until<br />

the predetermined value of 1 1 is reached, corresponding to a strain 0 1 . After a predetermined<br />

t<strong>im</strong>e of sample stabilization the die is raised up and compressive failure<br />

strength is measured with the piston moving down. The max<strong>im</strong>um value 1 c is reached<br />

before the sample falls apart.<br />

The apparatus allows for direct observation of the forming of failure surface that<br />

theoretically forms an angle of . ƒ + 3 with the horizontal plane. More complicated<br />

shape of failure surface points indicates that the sample was not tall enough.<br />

Using precise procedure for examination of BCR-l<strong>im</strong>estone, Maltby and Enstad

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