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Leesburg, Ohio | One of the most basic formulas I learned in high school geometry, and maybe the most-used formula of my adult life:
volume of a cylinder = pi R squared H
where pi=3.14159, R= radius, and H = height
Then, you just need to know bushels/cu.ft.= .8
So, for example a 24' diameter bin 20 feet high hold how many bushels?
12*12*3.14159*20*.8 = 7238 bushels
Or, haw many bushels per ring in 30' diameter bin with short rings?
15*15*3.14159*32/12*.8 = 1508 bu.
(short rings are 32" tall, tall rings are 44" tall)
The volume of a cone is roughly 1/3 that of a cylinder, so figure the volume of a cylinder the height of a cone, and divide by three, to estimate what the peak hold in a bin. | |
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Bin measurement formulas
