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ALTAIR EDEM 2021 – VIRTUAL STUDENT WORKSHOP

ALTAIR EDEM SIMULATION FLOW AND BEST PRACTICE

Cesar Barreto / Senior Engineer / 16th September 2021

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EDEM agenda

What is DEM ? Altair EDEM Software EDEM Applications

Demo
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WHAT IS DEM?
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What is DEM?

• Discrete Element Modelling – a way of simulating discrete matter

• The bulk behavior emerges from the collective interaction of each
individual object

Soft-sphere Method
Rigid particles but small overlaps allowed
Evaluates forces accurately
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What is DEM?
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What is DEM?
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What is DEM?

Normal overlaps Normal forces

Tangential overlaps Tangential forces
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What is DEM?
Resultant Solve Newton Update
forces and equations of motion to velocities and
moments get accelerations positions
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What is DEM?
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The DEM Method

Contact model Bulk behavior

determines forces emerges from the
acting on particles collective interaction of
particles

Normal overlaps Resultant forces

Tangential overlaps and moments Update
velocities
and
positions

Solve Newton
Normal forces
equations of motion to
Tangential
get accelerations
forces
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EDEM APPLICATIONS
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EDEM Applications

Heavy Equipment Mining Agriculture

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EDEM Applications

Process
Automotive Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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HOW DOES ALTAIR EDEM WORK?

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Set up EDEM

Define Material Particle Shape

Properties and Distribution Calibration
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Set up EDEM

Particle Shape Contact

Calibration
and Distribution Models
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EDEM Contact Models

Incompressible Compressible

Cohesive Free -flowing Cohesive Free -flowing

Hertz-Mindlin +
Hertz-Mindlin EEPA Hysteretic Spring
JKR
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Incompressible Compressible

Cohesive Free -flowing Cohesive Free -flowing

Base
Hertz-Mindlin +
Models Hertz-Mindlin EEPA Hysteretic Spring
JKR

Type C
Rolling Friction Standard Rolling
Rolling
Friction
Model Friction

* EDEM 2021.2

Additional Linear Heat

Models Archard Wear Tribocharging Relative Wear Bonding
Cohesion Conduction
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Define Material Particle Contact

Properties Calibration
Shape Models

Bulk Material Flow Properties

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ALTAIR EDEM AND MOTIONSOLVE

COUPLING
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EDEM Demo – Mixing tutorial

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EDEM
CREATOR
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Geometries

add EEPA parameter estimator

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EDEM
SIMULATOR
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EDEM Simulator - Processing

• Fast and powerful DEM solver
• Highly parallelized for use on: Solver Sphere / Multi- Polyhedral
configuration Sphere Particle
• multi-core shared memory workstations for EDEM
2021.1
• GPU hardware
CPU multi-core Yes No
• multi-GPU systems
• Fully double precision for high accuracy
Nvidia GPU Yes Yes (Nvidia
• Simulate large and complex particle systems (OpenCl solver) CUDA solver)

• Future development planned for Nvidia CUDA solver for

AMD GPU Yes No
both sphere and polyhedral solvers (OpenCL solver)
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EDEM
ANALYST
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THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO EXPLORE...

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EDEM • Bulk material simulation software

eLearning • Powered by Discrete Element Method (DEM) technology

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