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New features and enhancements available in EDEM.

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What's New
New features and enhancements available in EDEM.
Release Notes
This document contains information about the EDEM release, such as key features and enhancements, bug fixes, and known issues.
About EDEM
EDEM is a high-performance simulation software for bulk and granular materials.
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.
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.

What's New

New features and enhancements available in EDEM.

Tavares UFRJ Breakage Contact Model

Updates to the Tavares UFRJ Breakage Contact Model have been made to fragment families. Dummy particles and the damping force have been removed to match the experimental data and previous model behavior respectively.

Analyst - Export to SimSolid using EDEM Units

The Export to SimSolid options have been updated to allow the exported files to be based on the units defined in the EDEM interface rather than the SI units.

Particle Sphericity

EDEM now calculates the sphericity of a particle for use in Drag models. Internal Drag models have been modified to make use of the sphericity, and relevant functions have been added to the Coupling Interface and API to utilize it with custom models and coupled software.

Contact Models

Updates have been made to the Linear Elastic Bonding Model and Lubrication Model.

See the Release Notes to get a complete overview of what's new in EDEM.