[Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread wangxiaoliang
New question #194761 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/194761 Hi all, recently, I have read some papers using Yade or SDEC simulating triaxial test over sand, and made good calibration over the dem model with experimental models. However, two questions puzzled.

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread jduriez
Question #194761 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/194761 Status: Open = Answered jduriez proposed the following answer: Briefly : for practical reasons computer simulations can not reproduce the reality as it is, as you understood it. However, if you agree that

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread Christian Jakob
Question #194761 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/194761 Christian Jakob posted a new comment: 2), we insert particles into the box, usually 8000~1, I have estimated the mean particle size used in yade, usually 20-40mm in average, a bit lager than the usually

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread Luc Scholtès
Question #194761 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/194761 Luc Scholtès proposed the following answer: Hi, First, you should know that size does not matter in YADE, or, at least, should not. Indeed, interaction laws (at least, the basic ones like

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread Chiara Modenese
Question #194761 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/194761 Chiara Modenese proposed the following answer: Hi Wangxiaoliang, The closer you get to the physics of the real material with your numerical model, the easier the calibration should become, up to the point

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread wangxiaoliang
Question #194761 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/194761 Status: Answered = Open wangxiaoliang is still having a problem: thanks, all of your answers are helpful to me. I know that now if is impossible to derive macroscopic behavior from real grain level

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread Hadda
Question #194761 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/194761 Status: Open = Answered Hadda proposed the following answer: Hi, May be it would take you a lot of time to adjust your DEM parameters to reproduce an identical fingerprint of given natural sand (which is

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread Bruno Chareyre
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Re: [Yade-users] [Question #194761]: is particle distribution true or close to real sand simulated by yade

2012-04-26 Thread wangxiaoliang
Question #194761 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/194761 Status: Answered = Solved wangxiaoliang confirmed that the question is solved: thanks a lot, all of u. -- You received this question notification because you are a member of yade-users, which is an answer