EDEM Tutorials

Below you can find links and details about Altair® EDEM™ tutorials and scripts on Altair Community

If you are new to the Discrete Element Method, we have e-learning and online training sessions in addition to the Altair How-To YouTube series.

• New to EDEM? – Check the EDEM eLearning courses
• EDEM online training 2025
• Altair How-To YouTube

Introductory tutorials designed to give familiarity to the EDEM user interface, creating materials and importing CAD

1. EDEM Conveyor example, introducing particle shapes and conveyor kinematic
2. EDEM Screw Auger example, introducing material to rotating geometry
3. Rock Box using Mixed Shape Solver (Polyhedral + Spheres)

Tutorials outlining the different physics models in EDEM

1. Tavares Breakage for SAG Mill
2. Learn how to use the Linear Elastic Bonded Model model for solids and soft soils
3. How to use the 1-way coupling to introduce a flow field and calculate Lift and Drag forces
4. Printer based tutorial for Electrostatics and Tribocharging
5. How to use the Edinburgh Elasto-Plastic Adhesion model and the Hysteretic spring for Tablet Press simulations
6. How to model conductive Heat Transfer with DEM

For Heat Transfer you can customise the physics, for example, to include geometry as a heat source.  For the 1-way coupling you can also customise the physics as shown here and here, or for coupling EDEM to AcuSolve either 1-way (Unidirectional) or 2-way including heat and mass transfer, the tutorials are here:

• AcuSolve EDEM Tutorials
• Introduction to CFD-DEM for modelling fluid-particle systems

Tutorials for different EDEM Applications

1. How to use the bonded particle model to generate flexible materials for cutting (e.g. mowers and grass cutting)
2. Using Spherocylinders with bonds for flexible materials
3. Model a transfer chute with the discrete element method and introduce cohesive materials with the JKR model
4. How to setup a Slatted Conveyor belt in EDEM
5. How to model Mixing in a Tablet Coater, focussing on the post-processing
6. EDEM Application Tutorial EDEM 3000: Dozer Blade with Dynamic Domain

Or if using EDEM BulkSim we have transfer chute and material modeler tutorials for this, note EDEM BulkSim is now unsupported.

For custom EDEMpy custom analysis you can get started here:

• Getting Started with EDEMpy: Advanced Post-Processing of EDEM Simulations
• YouTube - Getting Started with EDEMpy

There are lots of EDEMpy examples on Altair Community, for example:

• Script for computing the temporal evolution of the Lacey mixing index for a binary mixture of particles in EDEM
• Script for Computing Radial and Tangential Velocity Components of a Particle

You can also benefit from the knowledge of experienced EDEM users. We have a series of webinars presented and recorded for on-demand viewing, you can see the EDEM Webinars here:

• EDEM Webinars

And more presentations from ATCx Discrete Element Method 2022

• ATCx Discrete Element Method 2022
• ATCx Discrete Element Method 2024

Material Calibration and Advanced functionality

To start with EDEM calibration please see the e-learning materials:

• EDEM Calibration E-Learning

Or our blog:

• EDEM Calibration

Some further details on how to use EDEM Batch Mode:

• EDEM Batch Mode

For Calibration of EDEM results with Hyperstudy you can use the Hyperstudy-EDEM link:

• EDEM-HyperStudy Connector: Installers and User Guide

Also

• Machine Learning with DEM
• Combining EDEM with romAI-An efficient approach to process, product, and workflow optimization

EDEM Multi-Physics Tutorials

1. EDEM + Hypermesh for FEA analysis of DEM results. Using Optistruct with EDEM
2. Use SimSolid with EDEM for structural analysis
3. Optimizing Dynamic Systems Interacting with Particulate Materials : EDEM-MotionSolve
   1. Couple MotionSolve with EDEM
4. Introduction to CFD-DEM for modelling fluid-particle systems
   1. AcuSolve EDEM Tutorials

For 3rd party couplings

1. EDEM- RecurDyn Quick Start Guide
2. EDEM Tutorial: EDEM-RecurDyn - Simulating the Brazil nut effect
3. EDEM-OpenFoam Coupling
4. EDEM - Adams Tutorial - Screw Propeller
5. EDEM-Fluent Tutorials

How to customise EDEM with the API

1. EDEM API 4000 API Introduction - Particle Replacement
2. EDEM API 4100 Variable Cohesion
3. EDEM API 4200 Field Data
4. EDEM API Tutorial : Relative Wear Analysis
5. EDEM API Tutorial: Debugging (Snooker Factory)
6. EDEM API Tutorial: Hertz-Mindlin with Pressure Calculation

GPU Guide (

1. EDEM CUDA API Tutorial 1: CPU API to CUDA API Conversion
2. EDEM CUDA API Tutorial 2: CUDA Custom Properties and Parameters

If you are looking for further information on EDEM we have plenty more on Altair Community:

Altair Community EDEM

EDEM API Webinar