本设计规范规定了混凝土筒仓、壁筒仓和用于储存颗粒材料的堆垛管的材料、设计和施工要求，包括现浇或预制、常规加固或后张筒仓的设计和施工要求。筒仓和堆垛管需要考虑建筑结构中未遇到的设计因素。虽然本设计规范参考了ACI 318的若干要求，但筒仓中漏斗、质量、同心和不对称流的静态和动态荷载；堆垛管上的特殊荷载；还包括抗震和料斗底部设计。

This Design Specification provides material, design, and construction requirements for concrete silos, stave silos, and stacking tubes for storing granular materials, including design and construction requirements for cast-in-place or precast and conventionally reinforced or post-tensioned silos.Silos and stacking tubes require design considerations not encountered in building structures. While this Design Specification refers to ACI 318 for several requirements, static and dynamic loading from funnel, mass, concentric, and asymmetric flow in silos; special loadings on stacking tubes; and seismic and hopper bottom design are also included.