EDEM software from DEM Solutions, a leader in discrete element modeling software, is used for simulation of particulate flows. EDEM supports the EnSight format directly, i.e. an option is provided in the product to output data into EnSight Case format. Read more about EnSight and EDEM on the DEM Solutions partner web site.
“If you couple FLUENT and DEM, there’s no way to look at the results simultaneously. Without a way to visualize the coupled solution, you cannot see the whole picture,” explains Andrew Hobbs, an engineer for Astec. Each program has its own built-in visualization tools, but neither can read the results of the other. Because EnSight can visualize results from many different software programs, including CFD and DEM, and can load multiple results at one time, “EnSight lets you read in the results from each solver and see them simultaneously,” he said.
Animation of a test case using FLUENT to calculate a fully reacting unsteady natural gas flame in a simply counter flow drum dryer coupled to EDEM
with heat transfer from the fluid phase (CFD) to the solid phase
(DEM). The rock particles are colored by temperature so you can see
them gain heat. Animation courtesy of Andrew Hobbs, Astec.
If your model uses particles to simulate a liquid, EnSight can remesh those particles to give a more fluid-like visualization of the simulation. The image on the left is from EnSight, the image on the right is from EDEM and shows the original particles. Simulations like these are common with tools such as EDEM and other programs in the worlds of (smooth particle hydrodynamics) SPH, or Galerkin methods.
To create this simulation:
Select the part in the part list, use this part attribute in EnSight.
Edit > Part Feature Detail Editor > Model Parts
Then choose the part you are interested in from the "Elements Defined by" menu.
Change to 2D or 3D mesh.
Knowledge Base
This section below searches the Knowledge Base for information about using EnSight with EDEM:
If your model uses particles to simulate a liquid, EnSight can remesh those particles to give a more fluid-like visualization of the simulation. The image on the left is from EnSight, the image on the right is from EDEM and shows the original particles. Simulations like these are common with tools such as EDEM and other programs in the worlds of (smooth particle hydrodynamics) SPH, or Galerkin methods.