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Particle count on surface

Hey,

I want to run a coupled simulation with EDEM and fluent, I want to count the number of particles on each wall. I specifically want to see the total number of particles that hit the wall and the number of particles that stick to this wall. (I know that I can count the number of particles that stick to the wall)

Thanks,

Kiran

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jerrinjobs

Hi Kiran

It is great to hear that you want to run the coupled simulation.

Feel free to ask any questions on the forum when you run it.

Thanks,
Jerrin Job

Kiran P K

Is there a way I can count the number of particles that hit the wall?

Like a cumulative sun of particles that hit the wall over the duration of this experiment

jerrinjobs

Is there a way I can count the number of particles that hit the wall?

Like a cumulative sun of particles that hit the wall over the duration of this experiment

Hi Kiran

'Number of contacts' is a contact data value available in EDEM. You can specify one of the types to be the wall, when defining the query. Although you will not get a cumulative value, you will get the number of contacts per saved time interval.

If you are interested in this value to be cumulative, and to be calculated during your run, you will need to use EDEM API, and you can create a custom property called 'Number of contacts' and advance it with every contact to the wall.

For more information on EDEM API, please refer to this webinar.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Jerrin Job