Ansys Rocky FLUIDS

Capabilities Chart (Version 4.4.0)

● – Full Support
■ – Requires More than 1 Product
General Features
Simulate more than 1,000,000 particles ●
Modify Material Compositions ●
Modify Materials Interactions ●
Extend Simulation ●
Restart Capabilities ●
Resume Capabilities ●
Solver Scheduler Tool ●
Periodic Domains (Cartesian or Cylindrical) ●
(API) Python Macro & Scripting (Pre & Post) ●
Software Development Kit (SDK) API Support (for Creating Custom External Modules) *separate SDK download ●*
required
Parametric Support (Pre & Post) ●
Unit System Management ●
Project Archive & Restore ●
Windows OS Support ●
Linux OS Support ●
Command Line & Headless System Support ●
Parallel Processes
Parallel Shared Memory CPU Solver, up to 4 Cores ●
Single GPU Solver ●
Parallel Shared Memory CPU Solver, more than 4 Cores (HPC licenses required) ■
MultiGPU Solver (HPC licenses required) ■
Contact and Physical Models
Rolling Resistance Model: Type A: Constant Moment (Type 1) ●
Rolling Resistance Model: Type C: Linear Spring Rolling Limit (Type 3) ●
Contact Model (Normal Forces): Hysteretic Linear Spring, Linear Spring Dashpot, and Hertzian Spring Dashpot ●
Contact Model (Tangential Forces): Linear Spring Coulomb Limit, Coulomb Limit, and Mindlin-Deresiewicz ●
Contact Model (Adhesive Forces): Constant, Linear, and JKR ●
Shear Wear Contour Plots ●
Wear (Surface Modification) ●
Particle Breakage Models: Ab-Tl0, Tavares, and TBM ●
Joint Breakage Models: Griffith Surface Energy and Shear Stress Criterion ●
Thermal Model ●
Lattice Boltzmann Air Flow ●
CFD Coupling: Constant One Way ●

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Coarse Grain Models ●
Liquid Bridge Model ●
Joint Models: Linear Elastic and Bilinear Elastoplastic ●
Geometry Types
Imported Geometries (import *.xgl, *.stl, and *.dxf Files) ●
Rocky Feed Conveyor Parametric ●
Rocky Receiving Conveyor Parametric ●
Custom Inlets ●
Imported Geometries from ANSYS Fluent (import *.cas and *.msh Files) ●
Geometry Motions
Rotation Motion ●
Translation Motion ●
Rotation Motion Without Displacement ●
Translation Motion Without Displacement ●
Periodic Translation (Vibration) Motion ●
Periodic Rotation (Pendulum) Motion ●
Additional Force/Moment Motion ●
Spring-Dashpot Force/Moment Motion ●
Linear Time Variable Force/Moment Motion ●
Cone Crusher Motion ●
Periodic Motion ●
6-DoF (Degrees of Freedom) Motion ●
Imported Motions from Ansys Fluent ●
Replicate Geometry ●
Nested Motion Frames ●
Particle Types
(See also Rocky Particle Shapes and Capabilities) ●
Rounded Particle Types including Sphere, Sphero-Cylinder, Sphero Polygon, and Sphero-Polyhedron ●
Non-Round Particle Types including Polyhedron, Briquette, and Faceted Cylinder ●
Custom Imported Convex Particles ●
Custom Imported Concave Particles ●
Flexible Particle Type (Fiber, Shell, and Polyhedron) ●
Fiber Particle Type (Rigid, Flexible, Frozen, Joint Breakage, and/or CFD Coupled) ●
Shell Particle Type (Rigid, Flexible, Joint Breakage, and/or CFD Coupled) ●
Particle Size Distribution ●
Adhesive Materials (Wet/Dry/Sticky Contact Rheologies) ●
Particle Input Types
Continuous Injection Particle Input ●
Volume Fill Particle Input ●
Custom Particle Input ●
Export Options
Image Export ●
Property and Curves Table Data Export ●

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Geometry Expo rt, including Modified Wear Boundaries ●
Particle Shape Export ●
Project Context Export ●
Quantitative Post-Processing
Cube Selection ●
Cylinder Selection ●
Plane Selection ●
Custom (Polyhedron Envelope) Region Selection ●
Property Filter ●
Particle Residence Time Property ●
Particle Tagging ●
Eulerian Statistics ●
Particles Time Selection ●
Particles Trajectory ●
Particle to Contact and Contact to Particle Selections ●
Particle Flip Count Property ●
Limit Calculations to Particle Selection ●
Default Properties and Curves ●
Time Statistics Properties ●
Custom Properties and Curves ●
Intra-particle Collision Statistics ●
Particles and Contacts Energy Spectra ●
Boundary Collision Statistics ●
Inter-particle Collision Statistics ●
Contacts Analysis ●
Inter-group Collision Statistics ●
Particle Instantaneous Energies ●
Visualization Tools
3D View ●
Time Plot ●
Space Plot ●
Histogram ●
Cross Plot ●
Video Animation ●
Motion Preview ●
Multi-Time Plot ●
Particle and Cell Inspector ●
Particles Details 3D View ●
Custom Preset Camera Views ●
Ansys Coupling
Parametric Integration through Ansys Workbench ●
Ansys Mechanical Coupling ●
1-Way Static Coupling (DEM-to-FEA) ●

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1-Way Transient Coupling (DEM-to-FEA) ●
Ansys Fluent Coupling ●
1- Way Coupling (CFD-to-DEM) ●
Single Phase 2-Way Coupling (CFD-DEM) ●
Multiphase 2-Way Coupling (CFD-DEM) ●
Additional (Non-Default) Features
Advanced Features ●
Experimental (Beta) Features ●
User Manual (this document) ●
Scripting API Manual ●
DEM Technical Manual ●
CFD Coupling Technical Manual ●
Rocky SDK Manual *Separate SDK download required ●*

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