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Silos are special structures subjected to many different unconventional loading conditions, which result inunusual failure modes. Failure of a silo can be devastating as it can result in loss of the container, contamination of thematerial it contains, loss of material, clean-up, replacement costs, environmental damage, and possible injury or loss oflife. Discussion of the common or spectacular silo failures due to explosion and bursting, asymmetrical loads createdduring filling or discharging, large and non-uniform soil pressure, corrosion of metal silos, deterioration of concretesilos due to silage acids, internal structural collapse. Silo damage and failures from several earthquakes are alsopresented. Over a period of time silos will occasionally start to lean. This could be caused by an insufficient foundation,but more likely from concrete around deteriorating. Whatever the cause we may be able to strengthening them up andstabilize them for years to come using shotcrete, carbon fiber wrapping, monomer grout, corrosion inhibitor, glass fiberwrapping, and microfine cement

PrathmeshKulkarni, HardikSolanki, VasimKajalwala, KaizadEngineer, “CONDITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF R.C.C SILO USING VARIOUS NDT AND REPAIR TECHNIQUES.”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 5, pp. 968-974, May 2017.