{"id":3267,"date":"2024-07-29T16:31:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T05:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/?page_id=3267"},"modified":"2024-07-29T17:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:37:42","slug":"dem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/dem\/","title":{"rendered":"Discrete Element Method Blog \u2013 LEAP Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Discrete Element Method – LEAP Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>
LEAP Australia<\/a><\/span> is the leading engineering software solutions provider in Australia and New Zealand, assisting thousands of companies with their design and engineering problems. The aim of this site is to share the extensive experience and knowledge we have gained over the years in working with Discrete Element Method (DEM) and particle simulations.<\/span> If you are also interested in Computational Fluid Dynamics we encourage you to visit our CFD blog,<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or for Finite Element Analaysis, visit our FEA blog<\/a><\/span>.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Product development cycles face competing pressures – accelerate development and ensure reliability, all while balancing cost control and flexibility to innovate. Since engineers are under constant pressure to deliver faster, safer, and more cost-effective designs, we need a way to evaluate trade-offs \u2011early, before design freedom is lost. Ansys OptiSLang is built precisely for this purpose, by changing the paradigm from \u201csimulate to check\u201d to \u201csimulate to discover\u201d.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Working at the bleeding-edge of engineering simulations, LEAP\u2019s engineers are frequently asked for advice from our clients across many different industries, who are looking to successfully navigate the balance between cost and optimal solver performance when purchasing new hardware. The following advice is primarily based on LEAP\u2019s accumulated recent experience with a particular focus on CFD workloads (Ansys Fluent), as FVM codes are capable of scaling incredibly well if the system is well designed.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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This post summarises our recent live panel discussion on materials calibration for discrete element method (DEM) modelling of bulk solids where we had the privilege of hosting industry leaders Daniel Grasser, Consulting Engineer at Tundra Bulk Solids and Richard Elliott, Technical Director \u2013 Bulk Handling at Rockfield Technologies. They were joined by DEM specialists from LEAP: Angelo Christakakis, Application Engineer & Technical Lead \u2013 DEM as well as Josh Hately, Engineering Solutions Manager, who moderated the discussion.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tAn Engineer\u2019s Guide to Materials Calibration when Modelling Bulk Solids\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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Predicting the bulk solid\u2019s behaviour and extracting information which cannot easily be measured experimentally are key benefits of Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations, such as Ansys Rocky DEM. However, the quality of the prediction depends on the calibration of the simulation. This guest blog by Dr Daniel Grasser, Consulting Engineer at TUNRA Bulk Solids, Newcastle (Australia) introduces guidelines for the Discrete Element Method calibration in the context of bulk solids handling and mining\/minerals.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Climate change is increasing the exposure of communities to coastal hazards and traditional solutions, such as seawalls or revetments, can have a high financial, social and environmental cost. As a result, nature-based solutions are encouraged in coastal policy. This guest article by University of Auckland\u2019s Joshua Bagg, Mark Battley, Colin Whittaker and Tom Shand describes their unique research aimed to investigate the interaction between salt marsh grass and wave overtopping flow using Ansys Fluent and Ansys Rocky to inform the design of nature-based solutions.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Transfer chutes are very commonly used in bulk material processing and handling scenarios, particularly for bulk granular materials. When analysing the structural performance of a transfer chute, it\u2019s important to consider how the flow of material will impact your design, and to then quickly evaluate the structural performance of the design under load. Whilst it\u2019s straightforward to account for the normal component of pressure in a design, the tangential pressure is a trickier load to setup. In this blog, we\u2019ll investigate how you can setup pressure loads to capture tangential pressures for a variety of transfer chute geometries.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Understanding slurry flows is crucial for applications such as mining and mineral processing, chemical manufacturing, wastewater treatment, agriculture and many more. Ansys Rocky DEM can help to accurately predict the behavious of a slurry by simulating the size and shape of the solid particles, the types of solids present, the viscosity of the liquid and the concentration of the solids in the liquid.<\/p>\n

This article explains how Rocky DEM empowers you to model slurry flows \u2013 from mills to open channels \u2013 and gain a clear understanding of particle-fluid interactions with remarkable accuracy.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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This article provides a dive deep into the cutting-edge capabilities of Ansys Rocky DEM, showcasing how advanced features like OptiSLang integration, robust API capabilities, and Multi-GPU acceleration can transform your simulation experience.<\/p>\n

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LEAP recently ran a webinar that explored how Rocky DEM is helping engineers and equipment designers around Australia to easily troubleshoot existing issues and optimise their designs to avoid chute blockages due to wet\/cohesive materials, improve longevity of wear liners and better configure chute flow to reduce belt misalignment and tracking issues.<\/p>\n

This article summarises this presentation and includes video highlights including demonstrations of how Rocky DEM simulations help designers assess the overall performance of bulk materials handling systems.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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Discrete Element Method – LEAP Australia LEAP Australia is the leading engineering software solutions provider in Australia and New Zealand, assisting thousands of companies with their design and engineering problems. The aim of this site is to share the extensive experience and knowledge we have gained over the years in working with Discrete Element Method… Read More »Rocky DEM for Transfer Chutes, Conveyors and Bulk Materials Handling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3267","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3267"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3282,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3267\/revisions\/3282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}