phasicFlow/doc/mdDocs/howToUsePhasicFlow.md

How to use PhasicFlow

Here you will learn how to use PhasicFlow to setup a granular flow simulation. The inputs for simulation are supplied through some text-based files, called file dictionary, located in two folders: settings and caseSetup. These folders are located under the root case directory. All the commands are performed through terminal in which the current working directory is root case directory (you see settings and caseSetup folders when ls command is entered). The states of geometry and particles are stored in time folders with names that represent the time. When simulation is finished, one case use post-processing tool pFlowToVTK to convert the stored results in the time folder into VTK file format. The VTK file format can be read by Paraview. A set of tutorials with detailed descriptions are provided to show you how to use PhasicFlow for various granular flow problems. Here is a list of them.

• Tutorials based on sphereGranFlow solver

  • Small rotating drum (see on github.com)
  • Rotating drum with baffles (see on github.com)
  • Layered silo filling (see on github.com)
  • Simulation of a V-blender (see on github.com)
  • Granular flow of particles with two particlce sizes(see on github.com)
  • Simulation of a tote-blender (see on github.com)

• Tutorials based on iterateGeometry solver

  • Defining an inclined screw conveyor (see on github.com)

• Tutorials based on postprocessPhasicFlow

  • Particle number fraction in a binray system (see on github.com)