Yun Ren^1,*, Lianzheng Zhao², Xiaofan Mo², Shuihua Zheng², Youdong Yang¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.7, pp. 1593-1609, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2024.046274 - 23 July 2024

Abstract A coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Method (CFD-DEM) approach is used to calculate the interaction of a flexible rag transported by a fluid current with a fixed solid cylinder. More specifically a hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian approach is used with the rag being modeled as a set of interconnected particles. The influence of various parameters is considered, namely the inlet velocity (1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 m/s, respectively), the angle formed by the initially straight rag with the flow direction (45°, 60° and 90°, respectively), and the inlet position (90, 100, and 110 mm, respectively). The results show More > Graphic Abstract

Jiacheng Qian¹, Chenqi Zou¹, Mengyan Zang^1,*, Shunhua Chen^2,3,*, Makoto Tsubokura⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.133, No.2, pp. 251-280, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020738 - 21 July 2022

Abstract The stone chip resistance performance of automotive coatings has attracted increasing attention in academic and industrial communities. Even though traditional gravelometer tests can be used to evaluate stone chip resistance of automotive coatings, such experiment-based methods suffer from poor repeatability and high cost. The main purpose of this work is to develop a CFD-DEM-wear coupling method to accurately and efficiently simulate stone chip behavior of automotive coatings in a gravelometer test. To achieve this end, an approach coupling an unresolved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method and a discrete element method (DEM) are employed to account… More >

Zhengquan Li^1,*, Pei Zhang¹, Yongchang Sun¹, Chenglin Zheng¹, Liang Xu², Dianyu E¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.3, pp. 1119-1132, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016019 - 24 May 2021

Abstract In this paper, the gas and seed flow characters in the air-blowing seed metering device are investigated by using the coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method (CFD-DEM) in three dimensions (3D). The method of establishing boundary model based on the computer-aided design (CAD) drawing, has been used to build the boundary model of seed metering device. The 3D laser scanning technique and multi-element method are adopted to establish the particle model. Through a combined numerical and experimental effort, using 3D CFD-DEM software, which is based on the in-house codes, the mechanisms governing the More >

Dingqian Ding^1,2, Yongtu Liang^1,*, Yansong Li^1,3, Jianfei Sun¹, Dong Han¹, Jing Liu⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.121, No.1, pp. 273-290, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.07228

Abstract The solid particle impurities generated by pipe wall corrosion might deposit at the elbow of hilly pipelines during the production shutdown of oil pipelines. These solid particle impurities will seriously affect the safety of the pipeline operation and the quality of the petroleum products. Thus, it is necessary to study the methods of removing these trapped particles from pipelines. At present, the most common way to remove these solid particle impurities is pigging oil pipelines periodically by utilizing the mechanical pigging method, while the frequent pigging operation will increase the cost and risk of pipeline… More >

Qinfu Hou^1,*, Dianyu E.^1,2, Shibo Kuang¹, Aibing Yu^1,3

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 96-97, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05438

Abstract Intensive heat and mass transfer between continuum fluids and discrete particulate materials plays a critical role in many chemical reactors [1]. For example, the shaft furnace and the blast furnace in ironmaking are operated with continuous charge and discharge of solid materials, and it takes hours for the solid materials moving from the furnace top to the bottom. To understand and improve the operation of these reactors, discrete particle models are very helpful when combined with flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reaction models [2-6]. However, due to the high computational cost with such… More >