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Introduction to EDEM Tutorials
These introductory tutorials are intended for users who are new to EDEM, and want to learn the fundamentals of setting up, running, and analyzing a simulation.
EDEM 1000 Conveyor
This tutorial describes the basics of EDEM and explains how to set up, run, and analyze a simulation.

Welcome
What's New
New features and enhancements available in EDEM.
About EDEM
EDEM is a high-performance simulation software for bulk and granular materials.
Release Notes
This section contains information about the EDEM release, such as key features, enhancements, bug fixes, and known issues.
Tutorials
Start using EDEM with our interactive tutorials.
- Introduction to EDEM Tutorials
  These introductory tutorials are intended for users who are new to EDEM, and want to learn the fundamentals of setting up, running, and analyzing a simulation.
  - EDEM 1000 Conveyor
    This tutorial describes the basics of EDEM and explains how to set up, run, and analyze a simulation.
    - EDEM Creator - Set up the Model
      Learn how to set up a simulation model and equipment, and define the generation of bulk materials using EDEM Creator.
    - EDEM Simulator - Run the Simulation
      Once you have set up the model, learn how to run fast and efficient simulations using EDEM Simulator.
    - EDEM Analyst - Analyze your results
      Learn how to review, examine, and analyze the results of the simulation using EDEM Analyst.
  - EDEM 1010 Screw Auger
    This tutorial describes how to set up and analyze an EDEM simulation.
  - EDEM 1020 Rock Box - Part 1
    This tutorial describes the simulation setup suitable for using the Altair Student Edition. This simulation can be set up quickly with low simulation time (~2 minutes on 2 CPU cores).
  - EDEM 1020 Rock Box - Part 2
    This tutorial describes how to modify the simulation to be a high-fidelity model.
- Physics Models Tutorials
  These tutorials are intended for users who are new to the EDEM contact models (physics behavior of particle/Geometry elements when they come into contact with each other) and describes how to use the appropriate contact models.
Get Started with EDEM
The EDEM user interface comprises three icons for each simulation component - Creator, Simulator, and Analyst.
EDEM Creator
EDEM Creator is the pre-processor for creating an EDEM simulation model, including setting up equipment and defining the generation of bulk materials.
EDEM Simulator
EDEM Simulator is a powerful solver used for fast and efficient simulations.
EDEM Analyst
EDEM Analyst is the post-processor used to analyze and visualize the results of your simulation.
EDEM Contact Models
A Contact Model describes how elements behave when they come into contact with each other.
EDEM Cal Utility
EDEM Cal is a utility which works with EDEM and is designed to assist in performing calibration.
EDEM Calibration Kits
The EDEM Calibration kits are a collection of EDEM models of standard bulk solids characterization tests commonly used for EDEM material model calibration.
GPU CUDA Guide
The EDEM CUDA GPU module uses the latest General Purpose Computing on Graphical Processing Units (GPU) technology.
Programming Guide
The EDEM Programming Guide describes the EDEM API.
Coupling Interface Programming Guide
The Coupling Interface Programming Guide provides an overview of how to use the EDEM Coupling Interface to couple with a generic CFD code and/or Multi Body dynamics codes.
EDEMpy
EDEMpy is a Python library for accessing EDEM data from .h5 files (the underlying EDEM file format). EDEMpy does not require prior knowledge of advanced programming.
EDEM Solver Capabilities
EDEM contains four solver engines.
Appendix
This section provides additional information about how to estimate simulation time, supported EDEM File types, attribute definitions, and so on.
EDEM Terminology
Definitions of terms used in EDEM.
References and Bibliography
This section cites the contributions made by various authors and sources that have been used as reference material for EDEM, and the specifics of how they have been applied can be found in the individual contact model sections.

EDEM 1000 Conveyor

This tutorial describes the basics of EDEM and explains how to set up, run, and analyze a simulation.

Objective

The objective of the Conveyor tutorial is to:

Create materials for Particles and Geometry
Create Particles with a User Defined Size distribution
Create a Multi-Sphere Particle Prototype. Multi-sphere particle shapes are defined using particle CAD templates, which can be imported to EDEM and manually filled with spherical particles
Use Conveyor kinematics, which provides movement and acceleration of the conveyor belt
Create bin groups in the Analyst to analyze particles and their properties in specified regions
Export the simulation data to a .csv (text) file

The model used here is a conveyor belt that transports material to a hopper.

Important: You must download the simulation files before starting the tutorial. To download the simulation files for this tutorial, see Download Simulation Files.

EDEM 1000 Conveyor

Objective

Conveyor Tutorial Video