It is possible to couple the ICFD fluid solver with DEM particles. This feature can useful in cases involving mud, dust or snow deposition. The coupling is explicit and based on the particle drag coefficient and force.
Fluid velocity fringes
*TITLE *CONTROL_DISCRETE_ELEMENT *CONTROL_TERMINATION *CONTROL_TIMESTEP *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT *DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE *ICFD_BOUNDARY_FREESLIP *ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_VEL *ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_PRE *ICFD_BOUNDARY_NONSLIP *ICFD_CONTROL_DEM_COUPLING *ICFD_CONTROL_TIME *ICFD_INITIAL *ICFD_MAT *ICFD_PART *ICFD_PART_VOL *ICFD_SECTION *INCLUDE *KEYWORD *MAT_RIGID_DISCRETE *MESH_SIZE_SHAPE *MESH_SURFACE_ELEMENT *MESH_SURFACE_NODE *MESH_VOLUME *PARAMETER *PART *SECTION_SOLID *END
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$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$X
$X 1. Run file as is.
$X Requires LS-DYNA MPP R9.0.0 (or higher) with double precision
$X
$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$# UNITS: Dimensionless.
$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$X
*keyword
*title
ICFD DEM Coupling
*include
mesh.k
*include
dem.k
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$ $
$ PARAMETERS $
$ $
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*PARAMETER
R T_end 100.0
R dt_plot 1.00
$
$--- Fluid
$
R v_inlet 1.0
Rrho_fluid 2.0
R mu_fluid 0.01
R dt_fluid 0.050
$
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$ $
$ ICFD CONTROL CARDS $
$ $
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*ICFD_CONTROL_DEM_COUPLING
$# ctype
0
*ICFD_CONTROL_TIME
$# ttm dt
&T_end &dt_fluid
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$ $
$ ICFD PARTS/ SECTION/ MATERIAL $
$ $
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*ICFD_SECTION
$# sid
1
*ICFD_MAT
$# mid flg ro vis
1 1&rho_fluid &mu_fluid
*ICFD_PART
$# pid secid mid
1 1 1
*ICFD_PART
$# pid secid mid
2 1 1
*ICFD_PART
$# pid secid mid
3 1 1
*ICFD_PART_VOL
$# pid secid mid
10 1 1
$# spid1 spid2 spid3
1 2 3
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$ $
$ ICFD BOUNDARY/INITIAL CONDITIONS $
$ $
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*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_VEL
$# pid dof vad lcid
1 1 1 1
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_PRE
$# pid lcid sf death birth
2 2
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_FREESLIP
$# pid
3
*ICFD_INITIAL
$# pid vx
0 &v_inlet
*DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE
Velocity inlet
$# lcid sidr sfa sfo offa offo dattyp
1 &v_inlet
$# a1 o1
0.0 1.0
10000.0 1.0
*DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE
Pressure outlet
$# lcid sidr sfa sfo offa offo dattyp
2
$# a1 o1
0.0 0.0
10000.0 0.0
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$ $
$ ICFD MESH KEYWORDS $
$ $
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*MESH_VOLUME
$# volid
1
$# pid1 pid2 pid3
1 2 3
*MESH_SIZE_SHAPE
$# sname
box
$# msize pminx pminy pminz pmaxx pmaxy pmaxz
0.050 -1 -1 -1 1 1 1
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$ $
$ DATABASE (OUTPUT) $
$ $
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*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
$# dt
&dt_plot
*END
It is possible to couple the ICFD fluid solver with DEM particles. This feature can useful in cases involving mud, dust or snow deposition. The coupling is explicit and based on the particle drag coefficient and force.