EDEM 2.6 Simulation Software

DEM Solutions announces the release of EDEM 2.6 software with a programmable interface to enable bi-directional coupling with Multibody Dynamics (MBD) simulation.

• Enhanced interfacing capability extends simulation environment for customers using other computer-aided-engineering (CAE) tools
• Use of structural mechanics software such as FEA and MBD ensures OEMs acheive effective design of their equipment
• MBD Interface assists design of machinery that handles or processes bulk materials, particularly where dynamic loading from bulk materials is important in the design of the equipment components and/or the hydraulic control system
• Simulating interaction of equipment with material handled in real world conditions enhances capability of CAE tools and enables design of equipment with higher performance over equipment service life
• Coupled DEM-MDB simulation helps reduce development costs and time-to-market by reducing reliance on field testing and use of empirical design rules when simulating transient loads from bulk materials
• Allows coupling to structural FEA software through sharing of common surface meshes, enabling simulation of the structural dynamics of equipment subject to transient loading
• Coupled models enable structural response to transient surface loads to be computed using both static or dynamic FEA models
• MBD Interface provides dedicated, programmable interface that can be used to implement user-defined equipment kinematics or rigid-body dynamics models of equipment responding to dynamic loading from contacting bulk material
• Extended FEA and MBD analysis include the effects of interaction of bulk materials