Re: [Yade-users] [Question #295745]: Do bending or twisting moment contribute to cohesive bond breakage ?

2016-06-29 Thread VG
Question #295745 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/295745 VG posted a new comment: Hello Bruno, Thanks for your response. So in the current implementation, the bending moment and twisting moment act on the particle but do not contribute to the breakage of bonds

[Yade-users] [Question #295745]: Do bending or twisting moment contribute to cohesive bond breakage ?

2016-06-28 Thread VG
New question #295745 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/295745 Hello, I am using Law2_ScGeom6D_CohFrictPhys_CohesionMoment with momentRotationLaw=True; also the default behavior: fragile=True. For the breakage of the cohesive bond, from what I see in

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293295]: Want to connect all the particles in an aggregate using cohesive bond

2016-06-10 Thread VG
Question #293295 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293295 VG posted a new comment: Regarding the above solution, it should be i.phys.unp = i.geom.penetrationDepth instead of i.phys.unp = 0 #to make it initially force free -- You received this question

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #295035]: Use of i.phys.unp to get null forces initially

2016-06-10 Thread VG
Question #295035 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/295035 Status: Answered => Solved VG confirmed that the question is solved: Thanks Bruno, I will also post a comment in the other post if someone else follows this. -- You received this question notificat

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #295035]: Use of i.phys.unp to get null forces initially

2016-06-08 Thread VG
Question #295035 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/295035 VG posted a new comment: Thanks for your response, Jerome! If I understood it correctly, in compressive situations, if I don't change the unp value a second time, the normal force would be given by kn*(un

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #295035]: Use of i.phys.unp to get null forces initially

2016-06-08 Thread VG
Question #295035 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/295035 VG posted a new comment: Hello Bruno, Thanks for your response. That clears my first question. For the second question, I meant to ask that for subsequent iterations, whether this value of unp stay

[Yade-users] [Question #295035]: Use of i.phys.unp to get null forces initially

2016-06-07 Thread VG
New question #295035 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/295035 Hello all, Based on the discussion here: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/257058 I am using: for i in O.interactions: i.phys.unp = i.geom.penetrationDepth to nullify the initial contact forces and

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-06-02 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 Status: Open => Solved VG confirmed that the question is solved: Thanks Jan Stránský, that solved my question. -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an answer cont

[Yade-users] [Question #294792]: Stable and Dense Packing using TriaxialStressController

2016-06-02 Thread VG
New question #294792 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/294792 Hello everyone, I am trying to generate a packing of agglomerates which should be both dense and stable. I am using the procedure described here: https://github.com/yade/trunk/tree/master/examples/agglomerate

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-06-02 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 VG posted a new comment: Sure, Thanks Bruno. I have posted a new question for this packing related issue: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/294792 -- You received this question notification because

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-06-01 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 VG posted a new comment: Thanks a lot, Jan! A combination of unloading the sample in compress.py and the use of following in main simulation gets the desired packing and initial conditions: for b in O.bodies

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-29 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 Status: Answered => Open VG is still having a problem: Thanks a lot Jan, that did the trick! I am facing another challenge with the dense packing generated this way. When I use this packing in the m

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-26 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 VG posted a new comment: Thanks Jan! So after using TriaxialStressController in compress.py, I get the position of the walls by using O.bodies[].state.pos. This gives me the dimension and location

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-25 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 VG posted a new comment: Hello Jan, I have a follow-up question: I modified the compress.py script a little bit to generate a periodic packing. Now, how do I use this compressed packing in my main periodic

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-24 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 VG posted a new comment: That's awesomeThanks Jan! -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an answer contact for Yade

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-24 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 Status: Answered => Open VG is still having a problem: >yes, with dense pack you would have this problem by default.. You have to > use some other trick :-) As there has been a couple of

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-24 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 Status: Answered => Open VG is still having a problem: Hi Jan, Thanks a lot for your response. I will study this more and try to figure out how I can set up my simulation this way. Are there any exam

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-20 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 Status: Answered => Open VG is still having a problem: Hello Jerome, Thanks for your response. By using the above MWE script, I am able to create the cohesive bonds the way I want which also required s

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-20 Thread VG
Question #293955 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 Status: Answered => Open VG is still having a problem: Hi Jerome, In my simulation, I am not using clumps because clump would have rigid aggregate of individual particles. Instead, the aggregates I

[Yade-users] [Question #293955]: How to generate dense packing of aggregates

2016-05-19 Thread VG
New question #293955 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293955 Hello everyone, I am generating a pack of spheres (lets call them aggregates), using makeCloud. Each of those spheres consists of a packing of smaller particles glued together using cohesive material model. I am

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293295]: Want to connect all the particles in an aggregate using cohesive bond

2016-05-11 Thread VG
Question #293295 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293295 VG posted a new comment: Thanks Bruno, that solved the issue I was facing. Also, can you please recommend me a good reference for the CohFrictMat and cohesive model ? -- You received this question

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293295]: Want to connect all the particles in an aggregate using cohesive bond

2016-05-11 Thread VG
Question #293295 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293295 Status: Answered => Solved VG confirmed that the question is solved: Thanks Bruno Chareyre, that solved my question. -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an ans

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293295]: Want to connect all the particles in an aggregate using cohesive bond

2016-05-10 Thread VG
Question #293295 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293295 VG posted a new comment: Thanks Huanran, I will look into it further on the lines of what you suggested. -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an answer contact for Yade

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293295]: Want to connect all the particles in an aggregate using cohesive bond

2016-05-09 Thread VG
Question #293295 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293295 VG posted a new comment: Hello Huanran, Thanks for your response, that makes sense. So it seems like I can not reset the value of shearCohesion/normalCohesion for existing interactions created with higher

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293295]: Want to connect all the particles in an aggregate using cohesive bond

2016-05-08 Thread VG
Question #293295 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293295 Status: Solved => Open VG is still having a problem: Thanks Jan! Thanks to Bruno, I actually found part of the solution here: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/256364 Howe

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #293295]: Want to connect all the particles in an aggregate using cohesive bond

2016-05-08 Thread VG
Question #293295 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293295 Status: Answered => Solved VG confirmed that the question is solved: Thanks Jan! Thanks to Bruno, I actually found part of the solution here: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/256364 Howe

[Yade-users] [Question #293295]: Want to connect all the particles in an aggregate using cohesive bond

2016-05-04 Thread VG
New question #293295 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/293295 Hello everyone, Here is a description of the problem I am trying to solve: -- I have a granular sample with spherical particles of diameters D1, D2, D3 etc. All of such big particles (lets call them agglomerates)

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292846]: Particle packing - How to avoid overlap

2016-05-04 Thread VG
Question #292846 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292846 Status: Answered => Open VG is still having a problem: Okay I see, Thanks Jan! -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an answer contact for Y

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292846]: Particle packing - How to avoid overlap

2016-05-04 Thread VG
Question #292846 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292846 VG posted a new comment: Thanks for your response, Jan! For the generation of big aggregates, one of the procedures you suggested is not very clear to me: >"- use something like randomDensePack on

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292846]: Particle packing - How to avoid overlap

2016-05-03 Thread VG
Question #292846 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292846 Status: Answered => Open VG is still having a problem: Thinking about this problem more, this might not actually be a bug. As you outlined, the difference between the previous version and "fixed&

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292911]: How to count number of particles in a fragment, connected by cohesive bonds

2016-05-02 Thread VG
Question #292911 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292911 VG posted a new comment: Hello Jan, Thanks a lot for providing these functions! I am noticing something strange though, may be I am misinterpreting it. Running the same script with a seed value of 1

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292846]: Particle packing - How to avoid overlap

2016-05-02 Thread VG
Question #292846 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292846 VG posted a new comment: Hello Jan, Thanks for your help. Do you know when yadedaily would be updated again or usually how often is it updated ? Thanks for your tip about the seed, while using makeCloud. I

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292846]: Particle packing - How to avoid overlap

2016-05-02 Thread VG
Question #292846 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292846 VG posted a new comment: I got the update last week, but it is still showing me the problematic overlap. From what I see, the overlap is usually between the two particles of different aggregates (spheres

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292911]: How to count number of particles in a fragment, connected by cohesive bonds

2016-05-02 Thread VG
Question #292911 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292911 VG posted a new comment: Hello Jan, I have defined sample_material as CohFrictMat and also using Ip2_CohFrictMat_CohFrictMat_CohFrictPhys(setCohesionNow=True,label="cohesiveIp") in the interaction

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292846]: Particle packing - How to avoid overlap

2016-05-01 Thread VG
Question #292846 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292846 VG posted a new comment: Hello Jan, I installed Yade using the below instructions for pre-built package on website: https://yade-dem.org/doc/installation.html sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://www.yade-de

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #292911]: How to count number of particles in a fragment, connected by cohesive bonds

2016-05-01 Thread VG
Question #292911 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292911 VG posted a new comment: Hello Jan, Thanks for your response. The script seems to be running fine. Is there a problem with the interactions in my model set up ? Regards Varun -- You received this question

[Yade-users] [Question #292911]: How to count number of particles in a fragment, connected by cohesive bonds

2016-04-29 Thread VG
New question #292911 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292911 Hello, I am trying to model crushing of aggregates of particles and look at the resulting fragment size distribution. The model consists of an assembly of spheres (each sphere is composed of constituent smaller

[Yade-users] [Question #292846]: Particle packing - How to avoid overlap

2016-04-29 Thread VG
New question #292846 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/292846 I am generating a pack of spheres (lets call them aggregates), using makeCloud. Each of those spheres consists of a packing of smaller particles glued together using cohesive material model. I am using

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-26 Thread VG
Question #290950 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 Status: Answered => Solved VG confirmed that the question is solved: Thanks Jan Stránský, that solved my question. -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an ans

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-25 Thread VG
Question #290950 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 VG posted a new comment: I am using version 1.07.0 The output of the two commands are as follows: O.bodies[top_id].state.mass 0.0 O.bodies[top_id].state.inertia Vector3(nan,nan,nan) Thanks Varun -- You

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-25 Thread VG
Question #290950 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 VG posted a new comment: Thanks Jan! I modified the generation of top and bottom boxes as you suggested. The boxes seem to be generated the way they should be. However, as soon as the simulation starts, those

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-25 Thread VG
Question #290950 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 VG posted a new comment: Hello Jan, Thanks for your response. I tried what you suggested, i.e. one small box (1/3 of the periodic cell), but it still seems to have the same problem and the top box is just

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290933]: Particles fall through facets in periodic simulation

2016-04-25 Thread VG
Question #290933 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290933 VG posted a new comment: Thanks for your response, Bettina! Yes the work around which Bruno suggested doesn't work for me either. May be I will have to change the problem set up, but at this point I don't know

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-25 Thread VG
Question #290950 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 VG posted a new comment: Hi Bruno, Thanks for your response. I tried to incorporate the changes you suggested, but the problem still doesn't seem to go away. Also, another perplexing thing I notice from

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290933]: Particles fall through facets in periodic simulation

2016-04-24 Thread VG
Question #290933 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290933 VG requested more information: Hello Bettina, Were you able to resolve this issue or find a work around ? I continue to face this problem and have posted a minimal working example at : https

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-24 Thread VG
Question #290950 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 Status: Answered => Open VG is still having a problem: Below is one minimal working example which shows such problem. I am trying to compress an assembly of particles between the two plates. The top pl

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #291114]: virtual time and time step

2016-04-18 Thread VG
Question #291114 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/291114 VG posted a new comment: Hello Jan, Thanks for your response. The script I am running is fairly large. Also, I just realized that it is using O.dt=0.5*PWaveTimeStep(), and there is an algorithm in the script

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-15 Thread VG
Question #290950 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 VG posted a new comment: Hello Bettina, Thanks for your note. Yes, the problem seems similar. Also, on taking a closer look, I notice that after some simulation time some particles seem to be overlapping. Does

[Yade-users] [Question #291114]: virtual time and time step

2016-04-14 Thread VG
New question #291114 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/291114 I am new to Yade and this question might sound a little silly. I am running a Yade simulation and from the controller, when I look at the virtual time at any given instant, it is not equal to Number of iterations

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-14 Thread VG
Question #290950 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 VG posted a new comment: Thanks for your response, Jan! I will get the MWE and post it here. -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an answer contact for Yade

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #258444]: How to create a rigid floor in a particle deposition with periodic boundaries

2016-04-14 Thread VG
Question #258444 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/258444 VG posted a new comment: Sure, Thanks Bruno. I have posted it as a new question: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users

[Yade-users] [Question #290950]: Particles crossing the wall

2016-04-14 Thread VG
New question #290950 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/290950 I intend to create a cloud of spheres in a box which has: - periodic boundary conditions for all vertical walls - and rigid floor & ceiling I am applying compression from the ceiling. Now, what I observe is that

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #258444]: How to create a rigid floor in a particle deposition with periodic boundaries

2016-04-13 Thread VG
Question #258444 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/258444 VG posted a new comment: I am experiencing a similar problem and the material properties I am using are as follows: For the floor and ceiling: FrictMat( young=200e9, poisson=0.3, density=8000. ,frictionAngle