Test Device and Process for Assessment of Smithfield Facility Aging
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2020-04-01
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Koziel, Jacek
Professor Emeritus
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Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Abstract
● Establishing structural objective tests and recommendations for hog production facilities.
● The risks are to the livestock, growers, and Smithfield for potential collapses of hog facilities in NW Iowa.
● We assess our solution to be applicable to a large portion of the hog production industry to quickly and objectively measure truss deterioration and provide detailed monetary and structural guidance to growers.