Hi,
I have a problem one moth ago, and I tried to fix the problem, but is very difficult to understand.
I am trying to simulate the transport of grains in a single screw extrusion, for that i build two wall in STL format. One wall is rotating and another one does not move. I am using gran/herzt/history interaction and wall/gran/hertz/history for the wall and particles.
Firstly, I use particles of d=3mm, normally the message "WARNING: Dangerous build in triangle neighbor list." appears but the run does not stop, and the post-processing corresponds very well to the results expected.
But, when I use particles of d=2mm, the run stop.
I try to fix using:
-Decrease the time step from 1e-5 to 1-e6 for different values in the range, but doesn't work.
-Change the "neighbor 0.01 bin" to 0.1 bin, also for the run stopped.
-The particles are seeded in a hopper in the top of the screw, I changed the area of seeded but does not worked trying to keep the area from the wall.
-Now, I am testing changing the neigh_modify command to increase the page, one and check arguments, using this values:
neigh_modify delay 0 every 1 check no page 500000 one 5000
But I am not very positive with this strategy.
Also, I have a message from the exportation of STL file
"WARNING: Imported mesh contains skewed triangles with a size ratio larger 10"
This message is critical for the importation of STL files?
Somebody knows another strategy to allow finish the simulation?
Thanks!
Oliver
Philippe | Tue, 07/17/2012 - 08:27
Hello Oliveiro, I can only
Hello Oliveiro,
I can only comment on your last issue, but maybe the "dangerous build" warnings are also related to this.
Meshes with high size ratio are fine for CAD, but far from optimal for DEM simulations. Try exporting your geometry in the CAD format of your choice and generate the STL with gmesh - this will result in less skewed triangles and at least get you rid of the last message. Maybe (just a guess) this will also solve the problem with the neighbor list builds.
best,
Philippe
oliverio | Tue, 07/17/2012 - 09:53
Hello Phillipe, normally i
Hello Phillipe,
normally i build the STL file with Solidworks, I will try gmesh
thanks!
oliver
oliverio | Wed, 07/18/2012 - 13:25
Hi Phillipe, Thanks for the
Hi Phillipe,
Thanks for the reply :)
I have an another issue.
Finally, I export to stp file op gmesh, and later I converted it in stl file using gmesh, for the first wall works very well and the Warning related to the skewed triangle does not appear, but when I export the second wall that is a structure a little complex (screw), appears the next message:
ERROR: STL import failed at triangle #1840 (line 12881), degenerated triangle or scaling factor too low?
I am trying to change the mesh, but the same error appears, do you have some ideas to skip this error?
thanks!!!
oliver
saraanvari | Wed, 08/08/2012 - 17:49
just open the STL file an
just open the STL file an look at the line number 12881 which is reported in the error, if you look carefully the paragraph starting with that line has appeared twice in your STL file, just remove that paragraph.