CFD and DEM - General Discussion

Which compute styles, fix styles, and pair_styles are necessary or useful to simulate rotating geometries like Ball mills? I want to simulate a Ball mill with 2, 4, 6, and 8 lifter as well as with different radii (Attached Fig.). Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Hello guys!

I wonder if it possible to simplify a bit the captcha pictures, because they are almost impossible to read, and thus it is discouraging us to answer posts !

Cheers,Joris

Hi !

I have such a stupid question I wonder if this is the right place to ask !
The pressure directory CFD/0/p contains pressure setting.
Since I see 1.e05 in both Hopper and Ergun testcases, I assume it uses Pascal Unit (as 1 atm = 10^5 Pa).

Since [Pa]=[kg/(m*s^2)], bracket unit should be [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0] and NOT [0 2 -2 0 0 0 0], isnt it???

li fang

Hello,
i am simulating a lid cavity case:
periodic BC on X,
upper wall is moving with 1. m/sec
an obstacle is placed on the middle of lower wall
other particles are vibrating due to LJ interaction.

what is the optimal way to obtain no-slip BCs on wall and obstacle, ( indent or fix wall/reflect) ?

Hallo ,
i am almost new to LIGGGHTS , i am running a simulation of a box (3d) , i apply a velocity to the top lid
while keeping the initial velocities zero at the begining ,
i started understanding (flow2 example in LAMMPS directory ) ,
i have a question , why when i change the lattice factor , i get my particles penetrating the implemented wall !?
- how can i prevent the particles from penetration the walls and not being lost and also avoid my whole domain to be scaled during simulation (since i use s as boundary condition ?!

i am student of aerospace engineering and i working over rarefied gas dynamic flow. with your point view can i use of CFDEM or LIGGGHTS for my working field ?
help me please
thanks a lot
esmaeil

Hi ALL

I'm curious as to who is using LIGGGHTS, what their backgrounds are and why they're using it. I'm a mechanical engineer working in industry. We use FEA but don't have any requirement for DEM. My interest is mostly as a hobbyist, although I would like to eventually write my LIGGGHTS use up as a proposal for a MEng degree.

Regards

Rolling firction for DEM
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Assessment of rolling resistance models in discrete element simulations Original Research Article
Powder Technology, Volume 206, Issue 3, 30 January 2011, Pages 269-282
Jun Ai, Jian-Fei Chen, J. Michael Rotter, Jin Y. Ooi

Time step selection
1.
Catherine O'Sullivan, Jonathan D. Bray, (2004) "Selecting a suitable time step for discrete element simulations that use the central difference time integration scheme", Engineering Computations, Vol. 21 Iss: 2/3/4, pp.278 - 303

I am using Hertz contact in LAMMPS. Would some body please let me know a set of equations that I can use to compute normal and tangential stiffness, normal and tangential dumping coefficients from material constants like E, G, mu. Thank you in advance

I am a newer here, and I want to know if the LIGGGHTS DEM Code can be easily coupled with a commercial CFD software? then can be used to simulate the spouted bed?