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2d simulation with yade

Asked by ceguo

Hi yade-users,

I'm wondering if it is possible to run 2d simulations in yade. Because I'm intending to couple DEM with FEM to simulate larger scale problems. Now it is not affordable for me to run 3d cases.

Best regards!
Ning

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Best Jan Stránský (honzik) said : 		#1

Hi Ning,

What king of 2d simulation you want to simulate? I think that purely 2D
simulation is not supported by Yade. However, you can do some workaround,
i.e. to define bodies only in one plane (z=0 lets say, so the working plane
is xy) and block out-of-plane degrees of freedom:

for b in O.bodies: b.state.blockedDOFs = 'zXY'

this will prevent bodies translation along z axis and rotation around X and
Y axes. It should be something like plane stress conditions, but I am not
sure if plane strain or axial symmetry would work in this way..

Best wishes
Jan

2011/10/15 ceguo <email address hidden>

> New question #174453 on Yade:
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> Hi yade-users,
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> I'm wondering if it is possible to run 2d simulations in yade. Because I'm
> intending to couple DEM with FEM to simulate larger scale problems. Now it
> is not affordable for me to run 3d cases.
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> Best regards!
> Ning
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ceguo (hhh-guo) said : 		#2

Thanks Jan,

I think what you described is actually 2D simulation in DEM, no stress and no particle translation and rotation in the third direction.

Best regards!
Ning

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ceguo (hhh-guo) said : 		#3

Thanks Jan Stránský, that solved my question.