tote blender corrected

tutorials/sphereGranFlow/toteblender/caseSetup/interaction

@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 objectName interaction;
 objectType dicrionary;
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 // a list of materials names
 materials      (solidProperty);
+
 // density of materials [kg/m3]
 densities      (1000.0);   
 
@@ -14,47 +16,60 @@ contactListType   sortedContactList;
 
 model
 {
-   contactForceModel nonLinearNonLimited;
-   rollingFrictionModel normal;
+   contactForceModel       nonLinearNonLimited;
+    
+   rollingFrictionModel    normal;
+   
    /*
    Property (solidProperty-solidProperty);
    */
-// Young modulus [Pa]
+    
+   // Young modulus [Pa]
    Yeff  (1.0e6);       
-// Shear modulus [Pa]
+
+   // Shear modulus [Pa]
    Geff  (0.8e6);       
-// Poisson's ratio [-]
+    
+   // Poisson's ratio [-]
    nu    (0.25);        
-// coefficient of normal restitution
+    
+   // coefficient of normal restitution
    en    (0.7);         
-// coefficient of tangential restitution
+
+   // coefficient of tangential restitution
    et    (1.0);          
-// dynamic friction
+
+   // dynamic friction
    mu    (0.3);          
-// rolling friction
-   mur   (0.1);          
-        
+
+   // rolling friction
+   mur   (0.1);                  
 }
+
 contactSearch
 {
-// method for broad search particle-particle
+
+   // method for broad search particle-particle
    method         NBS;
-// method for broad search particle-wall           
+
+   // method for broad search particle-wall           
    wallMapping    cellMapping;   
 
    NBSInfo
    {
-   // each 20 timesteps, update neighbor list 
+      // each 20 timesteps, update neighbor list 
       updateFrequency 20; 
-   // bounding box size to particle diameter (max)       
+   
+      // bounding box size to particle diameter (max)       
       sizeRatio      1.1;        
    }
 
    cellMappingInfo
    {
-   // each 20 timesteps, update neighbor list
+      // each 20 timesteps, update neighbor list
       updateFrequency 20;
-   // bounding box for particle-wall search (> 0.5)          
+      
+      // bounding box for particle-wall search (> 0.5)          
       cellExtent     0.7;        
    }
 

tutorials/sphereGranFlow/toteblender/caseSetup/particleInsertion

@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 objectName particleInsertion;
 objectType dicrionary;
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 // is insertion active?
-active  no;         
+active  no; 
+
 // not implemented for yes
 collisionCheck No;   
 

tutorials/sphereGranFlow/toteblender/caseSetup/sphereShape

@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 objectName 	sphereDict;
 objectType 	sphereShape;
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-// names of shapes 
+
+// name of shapes 
 names 		(sphere1); 	
+
 // diameter of shapes (m)
-diameters 	(0.004);
-// material names for shapes 	
+diameters 	(0.005);
+
+// material name for shapes 	
 materials	(solidProperty);	

tutorials/sphereGranFlow/toteblender/settings/geometryDict

@@ -5,154 +5,217 @@
 objectName 	geometryDict;
 objectType 	dictionary;
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 // motion model: rotating object around an axis
 motionModel rotatingAxisMotion; 
+
 // information for rotatingAxisMotion motion model 
 rotatingAxisMotionInfo
 {
 	axisOfRotation 
 	{
 		p1 (-0.1 0.0 0.15);	// first point for the axis of rotation 
-		p2 (0.1 0.0 0.15);	// second point for the axis of rotation
+		p2 ( 0.1 0.0 0.15);	// second point for the axis of rotation
+		
 		omega 1.5708; 		// rotation speed ==> 15 rad/s
-	// Start time of Geometry Rotating (s) 		
-		startTime 1;
-	// End time of Geometry Rotating (s)
+		
+		// Start time of Geometry Rotating (s) 		
+		startTime 0.5;
+		
+		// End time of Geometry Rotating (s)
 		endTime 9.5;
 	}
 }
+
 surfaces
 {
-	topGate
+	
 	topGate
 	{
-	// type of wall
+		// type of wall
 		type cylinderWall;
-	// begin point of cylinder axis 
-		p1 (0.0    0.0   0.299);
-	// end point of cylinder axis 
-		p2 (0.0    0.0   0.3);
-	// radius at p1  
+		
+		// begin point of cylinder axis 
+		p1 (0.0    0.0   0.3);
+		
+		// end point of cylinder axis 
+		p2 (0.0    0.0   0.301);
+		
+		// radius at p1  
 		radius1  0.03;
-	// radius at p2		
+		
+		// radius at p2		
 		radius2	 0.0001;
-	// material of wall
+		
+		// material of wall
 		material solidProperty;
-	// motion component name
+		
+		// motion component name
 		motion axisOfRotation;	
 	}
 
     topCylinder
 	{
-	// type of the wall
+		// type of the wall
 		type 		cylinderWall;
-	// begin point of cylinder axis 	
+		
+		// begin point of cylinder axis 	
 		p1 			(0.0 0.0 0.28);
-	// end point of cylinder axis  
+		
+		// end point of cylinder axis  
 		p2 			(0.0 0.0 0.3);
-	// radius at p1  
+		
+		// radius at p1  
 		radius1 	0.03;
-	// radius at p2		
+		
+		// radius at p2		
 		radius2 	0.03;
-	// number of divisions		
+		
+		// number of divisions		
 		resolution 	36;
-	// material name of this wall
+		
+		// material name of this wall
 		material 	solidProperty;
-	// motion component name   	
+		
+		// motion component name   	
 		motion axisOfRotation;		
 	}
 
 	coneShelltop
-	{
-	// type of the wall	
+	{	
+		// type of the wall	
 		type 		cylinderWall;
-	// begin point of cylinder axis  	
+		
+		// begin point of cylinder axis  	
 		p1 			(0.0 0.0 0.2);
-	// end point of cylinder axis  
+		
+		// end point of cylinder axis  
 		p2 			(0.0 0.0 0.28);
-	// radius at p1  
+		
+		// radius at p1  
 		radius1 	0.1;
-	// radius at p2		
+		
+		// radius at p2		
 		radius2 	0.03;
-	// number of divisions		
+		
+		// number of divisions		
 		resolution 	36;
-	// material name of this wall      	
+		
+		// material name of this wall      	
 		material 	solidProperty;
-	// motion component name   	
+		
+		// motion component name   	
 		motion axisOfRotation;		
 	}
 
 	cylinderShell
 	{
-	// type of the wall
+		// type of the wall
 		type 		cylinderWall;
-	// begin point of cylinder axis  	
+		
+		// begin point of cylinder axis  	
 		p1 			(0.0 0.0 0.1);
-	// end point of cylinder axis
+		
+		// end point of cylinder axis
 		p2 			(0.0 0.0 0.2);
-	// radius at p1	  
+		
+		// radius at p1	  
 		radius1 	0.1;
-	// radius at p2			
+		
+		// radius at p2			
 		radius2 	0.1;
-	// number of divisions		
+		
+		// number of divisions		
 		resolution 	36;
-	// material name of this wall	      	
+		
+		// material name of this wall	      	
 		material 	solidProperty; 
-	// motion component name  	
+		
+		// motion component name  	
 		motion axisOfRotation;		
 	}
 
 	coneShelldown
 	{
-	// type of the wall
+		
+		// type of the wall
 		type 		cylinderWall;
-	// begin point of cylinder axis  	
+		
+		// begin point of cylinder axis  	
 		p1 			(0.0 0.0 0.02);
-	// end point of cylinder axis  
+		
+		// end point of cylinder axis  
 		p2 			(0.0 0.0 0.1);
-	// radius at p1  
+		
+		// radius at p1  
 		radius1 	0.03;
-	// radius at p2		
+		
+		// radius at p2		
 		radius2 	0.1;
-	// number of divisions		
+		
+		// number of divisions		
 		resolution 	36;
-	// material name of this wall	      	
+		
+		// material name of this wall	      	
 		material 	solidProperty;
-	// motion component name   	
+		
+		// motion component name   	
 		motion axisOfRotation;		
 	}
-	/*
-	This is a plane wall at the exit of silo
-	*/
 
-	    bottomCylinder
+	bottomCylinder
 	{
-	// type of the wall
+		// type of the wall
 		type 		cylinderWall;  	
-	// begin point of cylinder axis	
+		
+		// begin point of cylinder axis	
 		p1 			(0.0 0.0 0.0);
-	// end point of cylinder axis	  
+		
+		// end point of cylinder axis	  
 		p2 			(0.0 0.0 0.02);
-	// radius at p1  
+		
+		// radius at p1  
 		radius1 	0.03;
-	// radius at p2			
+		
+		// radius at p2			
 		radius2 	0.03;
-	// number of divisions			
+		
+		// number of divisions			
 		resolution 	36;
-	// material name of this wall	      	
+		
+		// material name of this wall	      	
 		material 	solidProperty;
-	// motion component name	   	
+		
+		// motion component name	   	
 		motion axisOfRotation;		
 	}
+
 	exitGate
 	{
-		type planeWall;
-		p1 (-0.05    -0.05    0);
-		p2 (-0.05    0.05     0);
-		p3 ( 0.05    0.05     0);
-		p4 (0.05     -0.05    0);
-		material solidProperty;
-		motion axisOfRotation;		
+		
+		// type of the wall
+		type 		cylinderWall;  	
+		
+		// begin point of cylinder axis	
+		p1 			(0.0 0.0 -0.001);
+		
+		// end point of cylinder axis	  
+		p2 			(0.0 0.0 0.0);
+		
+		// radius at p1  
+		radius1 	0.03;
+		
+		// radius at p2			
+		radius2 	0.0001;
+		
+		// number of divisions			
+		resolution 	36;
+		
+		// material name of this wall	      	
+		material 	solidProperty;
+		
+		// motion component name	   	
+		motion axisOfRotation;			
 	}
 		
 }

tutorials/sphereGranFlow/toteblender/settings/particlesDict

@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@ setFields
 	These fields should always be defined for simulations with 
 	spherical particles.
 	*/
-
 	defaultValue 
 	{
-// linear velocity (m/s)	
+		// linear velocity (m/s)	
 		velocity 		realx3 	(0 0 0); 
-// linear acceleration (m/s2)		
+		
+		// linear acceleration (m/s2)		
 		acceleration 	realx3 	(0 0 0);
-// rotational velocity (rad/s)		 
-		rVelocity 	realx3 	(0 0 0);
-// name of the particle shape 		 
+		
+		// rotational velocity (rad/s)		 
+		rVelocity 		realx3 	(0 0 0);
+		
+		// name of the particle shape 		 
 		shapeName 		word	sphere1; 
 	}
 
@@ -32,29 +34,36 @@ setFields
 // positions particles 
 positionParticles
 {
-// ordered positioning
-	method positionOrdered;     
-// maximum number of particles in the simulation
-	maxNumberOfParticles 40000;
-// perform initial sorting based on morton code? 
-	mortonSorting Yes;             
-// cylinder for positioning particles 
+	// ordered positioning
+	method 	positionOrdered;     
+
+	// maximum number of particles in the simulation
+	maxNumberOfParticles 25001;
+	
+	// perform initial sorting based on morton code? 
+	mortonSorting 	Yes;             
+	
+	// cylinder for positioning particles 
 	cylinder
 	{
-// Coordinates of top cylinderRegion (m,m,m)	
-		p1 (0.05 0.0 0.12);
-		p2 (0.05 0.0 0.22);
-// radius of cylinder
-		radius 0.066;
+		// Coordinates of top cylinderRegion (m,m,m)	
+		p1 (0.0 0.0 0.09);
+		
+		p2 (0.0 0.0 0.21);
+		
+		// radius of cylinder
+		radius 0.09;
 	}
 
 	positionOrderedInfo
 	{
-// minimum space between centers of particles
-		diameter 0.003;
-// number of particles in the simulation 	 	
-		numPoints 20000;
-// axis order for filling the space with particles		 	
-		axisOrder (z y x);  
+		// minimum space between centers of particles
+		diameter 0.005;
+		
+		// number of particles in the simulation 	 	
+		numPoints 24000;
+	
+		// axis order for filling the space with particles		 	
+		axisOrder (x y z);  
 	}
 }

tutorials/sphereGranFlow/toteblender/settings/settingsDict

@@ -6,16 +6,22 @@ objectName 	settingsDict;
 objectType 	dictionary;;
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 run 			toteBlender;
+
 // time step for integration (s)
-dt 				0.00001; 	
+dt 				0.00004; 	
+
 // start time for simulation 
 startTime 		0; 			
+
 // end time for simulation 
 endTime 		10; 		
+
 // time interval for saving the simulation
-saveInterval 	0.1; 		
+saveInterval 	0.05; 		
+
 // maximum number of digits for time folder
-timePrecision   6;			 
+timePrecision   3;			 
+
 // gravity vector (m/s2)
 g 				(0 0 -9.8);  
 
@@ -26,9 +32,12 @@ domain
 	min (-0.3 -0.3 -0.3);
 	max (0.5 0.5 0.5);
 }
+
 // integration method
-integrationMethod 		AdamsBashforth2; 	 
+integrationMethod 		AdamsMoulton4; 	 
+
 // report timers?
 timersReport 			Yes;  	
+
 // time interval for reporting timers
-timersReportInterval   	0.01;	
+timersReportInterval   	0.02;