Highlights•Review of agricultural material parameters for DEM modelling.•Contact models
reviewed and characterised.•Models of representation of shape of particles discussed.• …

The chemical composition of any food material can be analyzed well by employing various
analytical techniques. The physical properties of food are no less important than chemical …

The existence of crop residues in fields affects the performance of agricultural equipment. To
develop high-efficiency agricultural equipment, it is necessary to identify the mechanical …

This study presents a simulation and experimental study on the repose angle of acerola
residues and soybeans as monoparticles and in binary mixtures. The simulations were …

Silos are structures widely used in the industrial and agricultural sectors. Despite the
advances in research during the last century, many uncertainties still remain. Some of the …

The mechanical properties of the materials stored in agricultural silos determine the loads
they generate under static and dynamic conditions. The present work describes the …

The aim of this research was to provide values for different material properties considered in
either traditional or more recent numerical silo design methods. Different samples of …

The interrelations between moisture content and mechanical properties of dry and wet
native starches of wheat, maize, and potato were investigated. Strength parameters of …

The loads generated inside agricultural silos under static and dynamic conditions depend
on the mechanical properties of the materials stored inside them. Silo calculation …

As agriculture has grown in scale and farmers learned to produce crops in quantities larger
than the amounts needed for their immediate use, the need for methods to store and …