Particle count on surface

Kiran P K
Kiran P K Altair Community Member
edited September 26 in Community Q&A

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
    jerrinjobs
    Altair Employee
    edited September 26

    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
    Kiran P K Altair Community Member
    edited September 26

    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
    jerrinjobs
    Altair Employee
    edited September 26
    Kiran P K said:

    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

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