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24 Nov 2020 Blog Process Equipments

Advancing biorefinery understanding particle by particle

Idaho National Laboratory examines discrete element modeling (DEM) to advance understanding of biomass materials and learn how it can benefit companies.

06 Oct 2020 Blog Simulation Technology

Simulating scaling-prone scenarios in downhole tools using Rocky-Fluent two-way coupling

Rocky DEM-Ansys Fluent two-way coupling was applied to simulate solids deposition in downhole tools subjected to scale-prone environments. The tools analyzed poly-dispersed particulate systems, including the effect of adhesive forces immersed in a viscous fluid flow.

01 Oct 2020 Blog Pharmaceutical and Biotech

Predicting powder compression with simulation that considers particle density distribution

The compression process involves very complex granularity with different stressors. A hybrid simulation model makes the best use of DEM and FEA to predict powder compression considering particle density distribution.

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.

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Advancing biorefinery understanding particle by particle

Simulating scaling-prone scenarios in downhole tools using Rocky-Fluent two-way coupling

Predicting powder compression with simulation that considers particle density distribution

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

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