MV-7021: MotionSolve/EDEM Co-Simulation
In this tutorial, you will learn about the set-up and co-simulation of MotionSolve and EDEM through MotionView.
MotionSolve has the ability to interface with Altair EDEM, a state-of-the-art bulk material simulation tool. EDEM is based on the Discrete Element Method (DEM) that simulates and analyzes the behavior of bulk materials such as sand, granules, capsules, grass, rock masses etc. For more information about this method refer to www.edemsimulation.com and the Discrete Element Simulation in MotionSolve topic in the MotionSolve User Guide.
This tutorial assumes minimum knowledge in both Altair’s MotionSolve/MotionView and EDEM.
- Requirements
- The following pre-requisites are necessary for a successful interaction
between MotionSolve and EDEM:
Software Version Operating System Windows 10 x64 bit HyperWorks 2019.1 or later EDEM 2019.1 or later Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) - Problem Definition
- The problem consists of a wheel, that can only rotate around its center.
A number of particles is impinged on the wheel blades, causing it to
rotate. The wheel is modeled in MotionSolve,
while the particles and its interaction with the wheel is modeled in
EDEM. Both the wheel and the particle data are given in the table
below:
Property Units Values Particles (Bulk material) Radius [m] 0.10 Poisson's ratio [-] 0.25 Density [kg/m3] 2500 Shear Modulus [Pa] 108 Wheel (Equipment material) Poisson's ratio [-] 0.30 Density [kg/m3] 7860 Shear Modulus [Pa] 80.77.109
Set Up the Motion Model
Set Up the EDEM Model
- Define a bulk material
- Define a particle shape
- Define an equipment material
- Define the equipment geometry
- Define a virtual geometry/particle factory
- Define environment parameters
- Define the simulation options
Simulation Set Up in EDEM
Create an EDEM System
Run the Simulation
Post-processing
For components that are interacting in EDEM, the animation can be visualized in EDEM through the Analyst page.