Blog - Rocky DEM

16 Sep 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Rocky’s API reinvents solver customization

Rocky’s richest version to date presents a unique API, bringing exceptional user experience, single-code deployment and performance that won’t degrade, along with the flexibility to add custom models.

13 Aug 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Volume fill for faster simulations

Running large simulations in Rocky just got faster! With the new Volume Fill feature in Rocky 4.3, all the particles can be initialized in an instant leading to significant reduction in time associated with depositing the particles.

31 Jul 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Coarse Grain Model (CGM) for CFD coupled simulations

When accounting for the fluid forces acting on particles as well as the convective heat transfer, adopting the CGM model for increasing the particle size is critical.

23 Jul 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Accounting for sub-parcel collisions when using the Coarse Grain Model (CGM)

Using the Coarse Grain Model can underestimate the total energy dissipation of a system. Understand why this happens and how to account for this dissipation.

14 Jul 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Liquid bridge model: accounting for liquid film in wet material modeling

Discover how Rocky DEM models the liquid bridge formation/rupture process and estimates the liquid bridge forces.

08 Jul 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Solve industrial scale simulations with a large number of particles using the Coarse Grain Modeling (CGM)

CGM (Coarse Grain Modeling) is a method that can be used to reduce the particle number by using larger particles, usually referred to as parcels, to represent groups of the original (smaller) particles.

01 Jul 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Calibrating parameter inputs using simple bench-test comparisons

Rocky DEM’s Calibration Suite is an automated solution to quickly and easily narrow down the parameters that realistically represent your investigational material.

15 Jun 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Turbulent dispersion model: discover how to account for the turbulence effect on particle trajectories

See how to account for the dispersion due to the fluid turbulence when tracking particles in Rocky DEM.

04 Jun 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Rocky DEM and its hardware partners: the many advantages of the HPC cloud

Rocky DEM users have an alternative to buying expensive hardware when needing short-term extra computing power: they can rely on HPC cloud.

28 May 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

From pet hair to barley: discover how Rocky’s fiber model expands the types of problems that DEM can now solve

Rigid or flexible, straight or multi-branched: Rocky DEM fiber model overcomes challenges and efficiently models particles with large aspect ratios.

28 Apr 2020 Blog Mining Simulation Technology

Energy analysis using scripting API

Rocky Scripting API is a great way to save time by quickly performing repetitive tasks, customizing calculations, and data export and visualization. Check out an example of an energy analysis report script on a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill.

17 Apr 2020 Agriculture Blog Process Equipments Simulation Technology

Using DEM to improve corn stover biofuel production efficiency

A Purdue University research investigated a corn stover, using Rocky DEM to predict the behavior of fibrous raw material in industrial refining facilities.

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Rocky’s API reinvents solver customization

Volume fill for faster simulations

Coarse Grain Model (CGM) for CFD coupled simulations

Accounting for sub-parcel collisions when using the Coarse Grain Model (CGM)

Liquid bridge model: accounting for liquid film in wet material modeling

Solve industrial scale simulations with a large number of particles using the Coarse Grain Modeling (CGM)

Calibrating parameter inputs using simple bench-test comparisons

Turbulent dispersion model: discover how to account for the turbulence effect on particle trajectories

Rocky DEM and its hardware partners: the many advantages of the HPC cloud

From pet hair to barley: discover how Rocky’s fiber model expands the types of problems that DEM can now solve

Energy analysis using scripting API

Using DEM to improve corn stover biofuel production efficiency

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