Particle Diameter Import

Jake Kim_21578
Jake Kim_21578 Altair Community Member
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Description: [When you export Particle Diameter in EDEM, what is it exactly exporting? Is it the chord diameter, an equivalent diameter? ]

Product/Topic Name : [EDEM 2022.3 ]

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  • Stephen Cole
    Stephen Cole
    Altair Employee

    Hi,

    The 'diameter' of a non-spherical shape is the largest dimension of a bounding box that surrounds the particle:

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    Regards

    Stephen

  • Jake Kim_21578
    Jake Kim_21578 Altair Community Member

    Is this the same for Spherical Particles as well?

  • Stephen Cole
    Stephen Cole
    Altair Employee

    Hi,

    That's correct, same for a sphere. The bounding box would be equal in all dimensions so would give the exact sphere diameter.


    Regards

    Stephen

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