Assuming you can't get inside to measure across the silo:
-- Take a long tape measure or non-stretching twine.
-- Measure the distance around the silo (the circumference).
-- Divide the circumference by 'pi' ... 3.142 (rounded).
The answer is the diameter, within 0.02 percent.
That depends entirely on the diameter !
3.14 * 3.52 *12= 461.58m3Volume=pi * r^2 * hr=.5d 7 * .5 = 3.5h=12
On a farm.
you double the radius to find the diameter.
diameter = circumference/pi
pi times its diameter
That depends entirely on the diameter !
The current largest grain silo in the world is currently under construction in the city of Welcome, Minnesota. The silo is planned to be over 450 feet tall and 90 feet in diameter.
3.14 * 3.52 *12= 461.58m3Volume=pi * r^2 * hr=.5d 7 * .5 = 3.5h=12
Volume = pi*radius2*height Volume = 147*pi => 461.8141201 cubic meters
pigs
263.76 is the volume i think......Another contributor's answer:Volume of a cylinder = pi*radius2*heightVolume = pi*3.52*12 = 461.8141201 cubic metres
On a farm.
27,000pi
A silo consists of a cylinder and a hemisphere. So, the volume of the silo is the volume of a cylinder plus the volume of the hemisphere.Volume of a sphere: 4/3πr3 ---> Hemisphere: 2/3πr3Volume of a cylinder: πr2hSo, combining the two equations, the full equation to finding the volume of a silo:V = 2/3πr3 + πr2h
Normally with a silage blower. It's basically just a big fan, about three or four feet in diameter, powered by a tractor, that "blows" the silage from the wagon up to the top through a tube about six to ten inches in diameter. At the top of the tube, there is a curved chute that guides the silage back toward the bottom of the silo.
Silo is a noun, not a verb.