Is there a way to obtain all the contact centroids of a particle while applying forces using the body force API?

Ratna Kumar Annabattula

I am trying to simulate a fabric that can be stretched and can be subjected to pressure in EDEM, the structure of the fabric consists of particles bonded in a hexagonal packing. In order to generate the effect of pressure, I need to add a body force that's dependent on the effective 'area' of the particles which can stretch if the bonds stretch, hence I need the centroids of the contacts of the particles to calculate the effective area of the particle in the fabric. How can I obtain this contact information?

RWood

Hi,

You can only obtain that in a contact model. Even if you ultimately want to work with a body force you will have to also create a contact model to get that information. If you want to pass the contact information to a body force you could either save the information in a global variable or as a custom property. If you store the data in a custom property you have the advantage of being able to visualise the data in the Analyst.

Cheers,

Richard