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In this coupled DEM particles-CFD free surface example, water is being poured in a funnel filled with Styrofoam spheres causing stirring and flow deviation.

Animated Result

Fluid velocity fringes

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Keywords

*KEYWORD
*TITLE
*CONTROL_DISCRETE_ELEMENT
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE
*DEFINE_DE_TO_SURFACE_COUPLING
*ELEMENT_DISCRETE_SPHERE_VOLUME
*ELEMENT_SHELL
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_FREESLIP
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_NONSLIP
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_PRE
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_VEL
*ICFD_CONTROL_DEM_COUPLING
*ICFD_CONTROL_MESH
*ICFD_CONTROL_OUTPUT
*ICFD_CONTROL_TIME
*ICFD_MAT
*ICFD_MODEL_POROUS
*ICFD_PART
*ICFD_PART_VOL
*ICFD_SECTION
*INCLUDE
*LOAD_BODY
*MAT_RIGID
*MESH_SURFACE_ELEMENT
*MESH_SURFACE_NODE
*MESH_VOLUME
*PART
*SECTION_SHELL
*END

Reduced Input

$-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$
$ Example provided by Facundo and Iñaki (LSTC) 
$
$ E-Mail: info@dynamore.de
$ Web: http://www.dynamore.de
$
$ Copyright, 2015 DYNAmore GmbH
$ Copying for non-commercial usage allowed if
$ copy bears this notice completely.
$
$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$X
$X 1. Run file as is.
$X    Requires LS-DYNA MPP Dev 117500 (or higher) with double precision 
$X
$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$# UNITS: (kg/m/s) 
$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$X
*KEYWORD
*TITLE
ICFD Funnel flow
*INCLUDE                                                                          
mesh_fluid.k
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                           ICFD CONTROL CARDS                                 $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*ICFD_CONTROL_DEM_COUPLING
         0
*ICFD_CONTROL_MESH
       1.2
*ICFD_CONTROL_TIME
$#     ttm        dt       cfl    lcidsf     dtmin     dtmax     
      20.0       0.0       1.0         0       0.0       0.0
*ICFD_CONTROL_OUTPUT
$#    msgl      outl     dtout   lsppout       
         3   
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                       ICFD PARTS/ SECTION/ MATERIAL                          $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*ICFD_MAT
$#     mid       flg        ro       vis        
         1         1    1000.0  0.001567       
*ICFD_MAT
$#     mid       flg        ro       vis          
         2         0       0.0       0.0       
*ICFD_PART_TITLE
Wall1
$#     pid     secid       mid   
         1         1         2
*ICFD_PART_TITLE
Outflow2
$#     pid     secid       mid   
         2         1         2
*ICFD_PART_TITLE
Wall3
$#     pid     secid       mid   
         3         1         2
*ICFD_PART_TITLE
Wall4
$#     pid     secid       mid   
         4         1         1
*ICFD_PART_TITLE
Inflow5
$#     pid     secid       mid   
         5         1         2
*ICFD_PART_VOL
$#     pid     secid       mid   
         6         1         2
$#   spid1     spid2     spid3     spid4     spid5     spid6     spid7     spid8
         1         2         3         4         5         0         0         0
*ICFD_SECTION
$#     sid   
         1
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                    ICFD BOUNDARY/INITIAL/LOAD CONDITIONS                     $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_NONSLIP
$#     pid   
         3
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_FREESLIP
         1
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_FREESLIP
         5
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_PRE
$#     pid      lcid        sf     death     birth     
         2         1       1.01.00000E28       0.0
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_VEL
$#     pid       dof       vad      lcid        sf       vid     death     birth
         4         4         1         2       1.0         01.00000E28       0.0  
*DEFINE_CURVE
$#    lcid      sidr       sfa       sfo      offa      offo    dattyp     lcint
         1         0       1.0       1.0       0.0       0.0         0         0
$#                a1                  o1  
                 0.0                 0.0
               200.0                 0.0
*DEFINE_CURVE
$#    lcid      sidr       sfa       sfo      offa      offo    dattyp     lcint
         2         0       1.0       1.0       0.0       0.0         0         0
$#                a1                  o1  
                 0.0                 1.0
               200.0                 1.0
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                            ICFD MESH KEYWORDS                                $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*MESH_VOLUME
$#   volid     
         7
$#    pid1      pid2      pid3      pid4      pid5      pid6      pid7      pid8
         1         2         3         4         5         0         0         0

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In this coupled DEM particles-CFD free surface example, water is being poured in a funnel filled with Styrofoam type spheres causing stirring and flow deviation.