New Features and Functionalities
Radiation Modeling
Modelling radiative heat transfer is now possible - an efficient distance-based approximation method has been implemented.
The animation shows the simulation of a particle receiver where a curtain of free falling particles is heated by radiation.
Nonspherical Melting
A new advanced model for simulating the melting of non-spherical particles has been released.
It is applicable to superquadrics as well as facetted convex particles.
The animation shows the melting of (superquadric) plastic chips due to frictional heating in a single screw extruder.
Solidification of Liquid Bridges
The improved liquid bridge cohesion models allow solidification of liquid bridges.
This new feature is vital for accurately modeling the behavior and interactions of particulate materials during drying processes.
Mesh Resolution Independent Wear Modeling
The graphical representation of the output of the Archard and the Finnie wear model has been unified.
Global properties such as the total wear volume and the averaged local wear height are now available for all models.
Coarsegraining Invariant Deposition Rate of Droplets
A new scaling law for the coarse graining (CG) of the deposition rate of droplets onto solid particles and walls has been implemented.
The animation shows the fluidized bed granulation process in a Wurster Coater.