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The post-processing display in EDEM does not correspond to CSV data

I followed some tutorials to use it, but I found that the total mass displayed does not match the CSV. When I played the animation, the total mass displayed on the interface was 6.13429kg, sometimes 6.06kg, which would keep changing. However, when I exported the total mass of Q1, it was 6.15128kg. Which one is accurate? Why did this problem occur?

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Jin1

There is another question. I replaced a particle for new calculations. The weight of a single particle is 0.0118764kg, and a total of 700 particles were generated, resulting in a total mass of 8.31348kg. However, in the post-processing, the generated CSV file and display both show a mass of 8.40775kg. Why is there such a large discrepancy?

jerrinjobs

Hi Jin1

It is possible that all the particles are not the same size, and hence you get the difference. It is also possible that some particles may have failed due to smaller factory area, and that could have resulted in lower mass also.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Jerrin Job

Jin1

Regarding particle size, my particle factory only has one type of particle. Regarding the failure of particle generation, I checked and found that 700 particles were correctly generated. So I don't quite understand why statistical data and manually calculated weights are different. There is also the first picture. Why does the total mass generated by the animation change over time and not match the weight of the generated CSV? Which one should be used?