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Counting particles moving through periodic boundary conditions

Submitted by FelixV on Mon, 01/20/2014 - 18:02

Dear all,

i'm fairly new to LIGGGHTS and i'm simulating particles flowing trough a pipe with periodic boundary conditions in flow direction. I would like to count the particles per iteration which are passing my periodic boundary. I'm able to do so by dumping particle positions to a file and check the passing by a script.
I was wondering if there is a way to do so using LIGGGHTS?

Best regards
Felix V.

Wrong amount of mass inserted with fix insert/stream

Submitted by cgrohs on Mon, 01/13/2014 - 11:12

I'm trying to simulate a particle size distribution. Using the attached file (with 8 cpus) leads to the wrong amount of overall mass (0.445609 instead of 0.360).

At first the number of 6755 particles (mass 0.359951) is calculated, which is ok. But then only 3904 particle templates (mass 0.293721) can be inserted at step 1. This leads to "WARNING: Particle insertion: Less insertions than requested (fix_insert.cpp:622)". Later on: "inserted 2851 particle templates (mass 0.151888) at step 33334 - a total of 6755 particle templates (mass 0.445609) inserted so far."

Is LIGGGHTS capable of simulating blockage in screw conveyor ?

Submitted by davidf on Sun, 01/12/2014 - 10:16

Greetings friends,

I was wondering if it's possible to simulate the effect of jamming (blockage) in a screw conveyor due to non-compatible particle size distributions, too high feeding rate, too high friction among particles, etc...

Specifically, do the particles interact with the rotating impeller and can influence its rotation speed ? Or cause the rotational operation to stop ?

Problem with pour/legacy

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/10/2014 - 09:55

Hi LIGGGHTS users,

I am fairly new to LIGGGHTS and modelling a rather simple problem.

What I am basically trying to do, is to fill the rectangular hopper of a screw conveyor, release a stopper (z-plane primitive) and finally start the screw conveyor.

My problem seems to be related to the fix pour/legacy. The same script, as attached to this post, worked when I used fix insert/pack.

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