Angle of repose test configuration

Submitted by greel on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 23:41

Hi Guys!

I´m trying to configure a simple test case. I took movingMeshGran as a start point for my angle of repose test, but I find that the inserted particles pass through the solid "bucket.stl". Post-proccesing the result I find that the bucket "became" a solid at 150 paraview timestep.

http://imageshack.us/a/img10/5841/screenshot3zl.png

How can I configure this "bucket" to be a solid all the time?. I need this to configure my case and fill the cylinder ( 2 equal sides, 2 stl files) with nparticles, and then move the walls.

Saludos!

Andrés

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ckloss | Wed, 10/24/2012 - 23:58

Hi Andrés,

the mesh becomes "solid" when the fix wall/gran command is issued that uses the mesh, before that, there is no interaction with the particles whatsoever

Christoph

greel | Thu, 10/25/2012 - 20:16

Hi Christoph, thanks for your answer.

I still trying to configurate my case but the particles are passing througth my walls ( side1.stl ) and They interact with particles only after move/mesh is activated.
Is there any way to use the same wall to contain the particles until the filling process is completed the and then move/mesh the walls??
To test this I´m trying to make that bucket.stl from in.movingMeshGran interact with the particles during all simulation time, but also the same "problem"

Saludos!

pd: sorry about my english!

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ckloss | Mon, 10/29/2012 - 14:51

Hi Andrés,

I would suggest to debug your simulation step by step. You can also start from the meshGran example (where the mesh is active from the beginning on) and add a moving mesh lateron

Cheers, Christoph