Golf Bunker Shot Analysis using EDEM

Nowadays most vehicles include cameras and sensor technology as useful driving and safety aids. Hazardous weather conditions such as snowfall can heavily impact a vehicle's performance, resulting in a higher risk for the driver and passengers. This video shows how EDEM simulation software can be used to predict and analyze where snow will accumulate over time. This allows automotive engineers and designers to virtually test different sensor and camera locations on vehicles under varying conditions such as the intensity of snowfall or at different vehicle speeds.

Create detailed hydraulic circuits & actuation systems as part of your multi-disciplinary system simulations, especially for heavy machinery & agricultural equipment, in combination with multi-body systems (Altair MotionSolve®) and granular material systems (Altair EDEM®).

In this video EDEM is coupled with MotionSolve to accurately predict the performance of an off-road buggy on different terrains. With EDEM, an extensive range of terrains can be modeled to suit the vehicle test requirements, including sand, gravel or soft soils. The coupling enables engineers to validate the system dynamics under realistic operating conditions. Additionally, analysis on the vehicle component’s performance and the terrain can be conducted to fully understand the test results.

Watch examples of applications of EDEM coupled with MotionSolve and Activate in the design of tracked and wheeled vehicles.

EDEM software, powered by the Discrete Element Method (DEM), accurately represents the behavior or rocks, soils and ores and can realistically model a variety of terrains from soft-soil, dry sand, to rugged gravel surfaces. Integrating EDEM with Multi-body Dynamics tools provides great realism in vehicle mobility simulations and enable engineers to predict the behavior and performance of off-road vehicles in a variety of off-road environments and to study complex manoeuvres which otherwise might be restricted.

EDEM, MotionSolve and Activate are used to assess the performance of a 8x8 light armored vehicle (LAV) and to perform stress validation.

EDEM, MotionSolve and Activate are used to predict the behavior and performance of a tank vehicle on a sand dune and to study complex maneuvers live a pivot turn.

This video shows how EDEM can be used to understand and predict the behavior and impact of different bulk materials like gravel, clay, tar and grass on a dump truck. EDEM provides accurate contact forces data that can be used to run finite element analysis using OptiStruct.

Watch examples of applications of EDEM in the design of dump trucks, excavators, loaders, grab buckets, and more.

EDEM software, powered by the Discrete Element Method (DEM), accurately simulates the behavior of rocks, soils, ores and gravel, etc. It provides engineers with crucial insight into how materials will interact with their equipment during a range of operating conditions, and enable them to use realistic loads in Finite Element Analysis and Multi-body Dynamics simulations for optimal designs.

In this video EDEM is coupled with MotionSolve to better understand and predict the performance of a grab bucket handling different materials. Critical information on how the equipment responds when interacting with the bulk material can be obtained such as force and torque acting on different parts as well as the stress on components.

This video produced in collaboration with Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG) shows how EDEM software can be used to simulate grader applications such as flattening, ditching and scraping. Ground particles can be colored by velocity, layers and position to enable analysis. Additionally, data for the grader blade can be obtained such as wear, pressure and forces allowing equipment optimization.

EDEM can be used to optimize the design of excavator buckets - providing key insight into equipment performance. Different designs can be compared for handling a range of materials such as rocks, gravels or more cohesive materials. Key information on loading time, spillage and wear can be visualized and analyzed – enabling more design optimization improvements to be made.

EDEM can be used to aid the design process of dump truck bodies. Realistic material modeling allows users to test dump truck performance in different operating conditions by analyzing loading/unloading patterns or pressure distributions.

EDEM can be used to evaluate and verify the design performance of transfer chutes and address key design challenges such as spillage, blockage and wear.

Watch examples of applications of EDEM in the mining, mineral processing and steelmaking industries. EDEM software, powered by the Discrete Element Method (DEM), enables engineers to predict the flow behavior of rocks, ores and coal, ores through each segment of their equipment and operation. It is used to evaluate and verify the design of transfer chutes and to optimize comminution equipment such as crushers, ball mills, as well as vibrating screens.

This video produced in collaboration with Tega Industries shows how EDEM software can be used to simulate a full-scale mill. The ore rheology at different sections can be analyzed, and the pressure and wear on the shell liners can be predicted, enabling optimization of the mill’s design and operation. Additionally, by using EDEM sensors the discharge flow rate can be found, and more advanced analysis for carry-over and flow-back can be achieved.

This video shows the analysis of the jaw crushing process for different materials (iron ore, limestone and granulite). The Tavares Breakage model in EDEM allows accurate modelling of the real process by simulating a continuous feed-rate and the complex motion of the swing jaw. The crushing process for different materials can be optimized and the need for sieve analysis minimized, by obtaining particle size data from EDEM. Equipment design can also be optimized by analyzing the forces and the wear on the crushing plates

This video, produced in collaboration with HL Atacama, shows how EDEM can be used to simulate and analyze a Vibration Screening process. Sensors can be added to measure the total passed mass and data can be exported to analyze the screening process and estimate the efficiency of the decks. The screening decks can be colored by tangential or normal cumulative contact energy to visualize where the geometry is most likely to wear. Grid Bin Groups can also be added to find out where particles cluster.

In this video EDEM was used to simulate and analyze the discharge of bulk materials on a belt feeder. A structural analysis of the equipment was performed by coupling EDEM with SimSolid in order to assess the impact that the bulk material loads have on the equipment.

As part of a collaboration with Columbia Steel, EDEM was used in a project with the objective of comparing the throughput performance of two cone crusher mantle designs. The advanced Tavares Breakage Model was used to simulate the material breakage in the crusher, and the comparison and some of the analyses conducted in EDEM can be seen here. EDEM proved to be a highly useful tool for Columbia Steel to confirm the improvement obtained by the modified design.

EDEM capabilities allow for simulation of various processes inside a combine harvester, including screw auger systems and grain sieving. EDEM's advanced capabilities also enable modeling of flexible straws to analyze their behavior in straw walkers, cutting heads and other fragments of a combine.

Watch examples of applications of EDEM in the design of agricultural machinery such as combine harvesters, tillage tools, and grain handling systems.

EDEM software, powered by the Discrete Element Method (DEM), simulates and analyze the behavior of grains, seeds, crops and soils. It enables engineers to predict the behavior of materials and their impact on their machines as well as getting key insights into machine-soil and machine-crops interactions.

This video shows how EDEM can be used to simulate soil-machine interaction in order to optimize the design of a single shaft rotovator and achieve better pulverization quality.

Assess Grading, Segregation Performance & Crop Damage.

This video shows potatoes being conveyed through a fragment of a potato harvester. The equipment parts simulated include picking table web, grading rollers and a floor bunker. The video demonstrates how EDEM can be used to test different equipment designs and presents examples of analysis that can be performed.

This video shows a swather - an agricultural machine that rakes mowed grass into windrows. Using EDEM it is possible to simulate the grass and its interaction with the machine in order to optimize the design and process. The grass was simulated in EDEM using flexible fibers and the simulation was run on GPU – for quick processing time.

The video presents how EDEM can be used to analyze the mixing efficiency within a High Shear Granulator filled with 10 million particles. In this example, the mixing process of two powders with different particle size is shown. EDEM allows to visualize mixing from different angles, color particles by velocity to see where particles stagnate and analyze the mixing effectiveness by showing the concentration of each type of particles in the mixer.

Watch examples of applications of Altair EDEM in the pharmaceutical, food, chemicals and additive manufacturing industries.

EDEM software, powered by the Discrete Element Method (DEM), enables companies to accurately simulate and analyze the behavior of bulk solids, providing key information on processes otherwise difficult or sometimes impossible to measure.

EDEM enables a detailed analysis and visualization of the flow of particles, from powders to tablets, through process segments and handling equipment, and can promote both innovation in product design as well as reducing the need for physical prototypes and long product development cycles.

In this example, EDEM’s Application Programming Interface (API) can be used to introduce custom physics to the simulation, allowing particles to have a liquid content. Here, particles with a water content are added into a mixer containing powder. EDEM allows users to study the increase in water content over time and to analyze mixing efficiency.

Pin mills are widely used across many industries to comminute bulk solids like chemicals, sugar, herbicides and resins. In this video EDEM is used to simulate and analyze material size reduction in a pin mill, using the Tavares Breakage Model to accurately simulate breakage.

This video shows the analysis of the feed frame for the die filling process for pharmaceutical powders. EDEM allows the use of colors to differentiate powders by type, velocity and residence time. Additionally, the set-up of bins enables collecting, extracting and plotting the data, for further analysis. By simulating powders with different cohesiveness and varying other parameters such as the RPM, EDEM allows equipment and process optimization for any combination of powders.

The EDEM Application Programming Interface (API) is used to create custom contact models and properties to simulate tablet coating process. The video demonstrates how EDEM can be used as a predictive tool to perform virtual testing and investigate the effects of parameters like tablet shape or coating pan speed on the coating uniformity.

In this video EDEM is used to simulate and analyze a tablet compaction process, using the Edinburgh Elasto-Plastic Adhesion contact model (EEPA) to capture the complex behavior of the powders. EDEM enables users to obtain key micro-mechanical information such as compression forces, stress and porosity and to predict tablet defects.

This video shows the analysis of the hopper discharge process for powders. EDEM allows coloring the powders by layers, velocity and residence time. Additionally, the set-up of bins enables collecting, extracting and plotting data such as mass flow rate, for further analysis. By simulating powders with different cohesiveness and varying other parameters, EDEM allows specific equipment and process optimization for different powders.

This video compares the behavior of two different powders in a screw auger – one of the powders being highly cohesive and the other one free flowing. EDEM provides key insight into the discharge of the hopper, the compressive force acting on the powders, the mass flow rate and the power required to drive the screw blade.

This video was part of a project with Micron, where EDEM was used to model a food processing extruder. Using EDEM software it was possible to simulate how the material turns into a solid under high compression at the extruder nozzle. In addition, key analysis was conducted on the system including material throughput through the nozzle and identifying the amount of material not discharged.

In this collaboration with The Barnes Group Advisors, EDEM has been used to get an insight into the functioning of the material delivery system used in an additive manufacturing printer. Two powders with different flowability were characterized and simulated to compare and analyze the differences in the dosing process. Some of the analysis conducted includes material agglomeration, mass flow rate and powder compression. EDEM can assist in obtaining an in-depth understanding of the additive manufacturing processes.

This simulation models over 8 million particles of less than 0.3mm in size. Large amounts of tiny particles are common in Additive Manufacturing applications. This video shows powder raking and how EDEM tools can be used to analyze voidage, particle orientation and number of contacts at different time steps. Similar simulations can guide the design and optimization of the powder rake and its speed.

EDEM can be used to simulate and optimize a range of food processing operations. In this video EDEM is used to analyze a cereal coating process. Results of the simulation can be used to improve process efficiency and ensure a high quality end product.

EDEM can be used to simulate a range of food handling and processing operations. In this video EDEM is used to analyze the separation process of palm fruits, ensuring that the fruits are not damaged and that the process is optimized.

Fluidized beds have been in use for almost 100 years for a wide range of processes including powder mixing, powder and tablet coating and powder bed heating and drying. However, the understanding of fluidized beds is still limited and multiple factors impact the fluidization and efficiency of the process, making it challenging to predict how the process can be improved. Simulation can assist in gaining key insight by allowing virtual testing of any combination of parameters or designs in a cost and time effective manner. In this example Altair® AcuSolve® is coupled to Altair® EDEM™ software to have a Computational Fluid Dynamic-Discrete Element Method simulation, which allows us to model the two key components of a fluidized bed (powder bed and fluid) and their interactions. As seen in the video, the coupled simulation can be used to improve the efficiency of the process, increasing the coating achieved in a prismatic powder bed through two different approaches using Altair multi-physics.

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