Due to the highly seasonal nature of agricultural production, extensive field trials are required when conducting research and development of agricultural machinery and studying crops. Field trials are not only time-consuming and labor-intensive but...
By using the Altair® EDEM™ software, which implements the discrete element method, modelling and further study of the processes occurring in the roller press’s deformation area were carried out. It was shown that the discrete element...
The discrete element method (DEM) serves as a robust tool for simulating the mechanical behavior of granular materials. The accuracy of the DEM simulation is determined by the calculation of contact forces between elements. Compared to spherical elem...
Short-range forces enable peridynamics to simulate impact, yet it demands a computationally expensive contact search and includes no intrinsic damping. A significantly more efficient solution is the coupled dual-horizon peridynamics–discrete el...
This paper presents a new numerical method for multiscale modeling of composite materials. The new numerical model, called DECM, consists of a DEM (Discrete Element Method) approach of the Cell Method (CM) and combines the main features of both the D...
Comminution by gyratory crusher is the first stage in the size reduction operation in mineral processing. In the copper industry, these machines are widely utilized, and their reliability has become a relevant aspect. To optimize the design and to im...
Process simulation using mathematical modeling tools is becoming more common in the pharmaceutical industry. A mechanistic model is a mathematical modeling tool that can enhance process understanding, reduce experimentation cost and improve product q...
In loess the aggregate is the basic structural unit, and its stability is an important factor affecting the composition, water stability and strength of loess. However, due to the difficulty of sample preparation, few scholars have done independent r...
Objective The construction method of the discrete element model and the setting of simulation parameters in the strip- and blade-shaped sugarcane leaf are unclear. The simulation model’s accuracy greatly influences the dynamic response characte...
In this paper, the discrete element method is used to simulate triaxial tests of unsaturated soil under a tension–shear state. A relationship between water content and uniaxial tensile strength with different void ratios is obtained, which is a...
To address the problem of a lack of accurate parameters in the discrete element simulation study of the machine-picked fresh tea leaf mechanized-sorting process, this study used machine-picked fresh tea leaves as the research object, established disc...
The discrete element method (DEM) is widely used to simulate the mechanical behavior of granular materials. Particle motion is governed by Newton’s second law, and position updates rely on numerical integration, whose accuracy and efficiency di...
The discrete element parameters of cabbages (Brassica oleracea L.) were calibrated for the design and parameter optimization of a cabbage harvester. The cabbage model was created based on the study of cabbage material characteristics and the simulati...
The paper deals with the issue of modelling elastic wave propagation using the discrete element method (DEM). The case of a longitudinal wave in a rod with a circular cross-section was considered. A novel, complex algorithm consisting of the preparat...
As a promising and convenient numerical calculation approach, the discrete element method (DEM) has been increasingly adopted in the research of agricultural machinery. DEM is capable of monitoring and recording the dynamic and mechanical behavior of...
Discrete element parameters of the black bean (BLB) are key to developing high-performance BLB machineries (e.g., seeders and shellers), which are still lacking in previous literature. In this study, the effects of the radius and lifting speed of cyl...
The discrete element method (DEM), a discontinuum-based method to simulate the interaction between neighbouring particles of granular materials, suffers from intensive computational workload caused by massive particle numbers, irregular particle shap...
The discrete element method (DEM) is usually applied in analyzing the scientifical origin/evolution of the asteroids and the landing/sampling of the regolith. In order to manage the contact between the non-spherical granules, the Polygonal Contact Mo...
In this research, we investigate the influence of a load-balancing strategy and parametrization on the speed-up of discrete element method simulations using Lethe-DEM. Lethe-DEM is an open-source DEM code which uses a cell-based load-balancing strate...
Microparameter calibration is an important problem that must be solved in the discrete element method. The Gaussian process (GP) response surface methodology was proposed to calibrate the microparameters based on the Bayesian principle in machine-lea...
The viscous boundary has a direct influence on the accuracy of structural dynamic response analysis, and the absorbing effect of the viscous boundary is controlled by the adjustment coefficient. Therefore, a calibration model of the viscous boundary&...
The drop ball test (DBT) is a common quality control procedure used in many grinding media manufacturing units to evaluate the quality of manufactured balls. Whilst DBTs have provided reasonable data over many years, the quantitative comparison of th...
Ice loads are critical forces that impact the structural integrity of offshore equipment in high-latitude sea areas and play a pivotal role in the design of structures in ice-prone regions. The primary objective of this study is to investigate both e...
Strength characteristics of a two-dimensional ice beam were studied using a discrete element method (DEM). The DEM solver was implemented by the open-source discrete element method libraries. Three-point bending and uniaxial compressive tests of the...
Clarifying the maize kernel movement during the crushing process is critical for improving the design and optimization of the impact mill. Rather than through experiments, maize kernel movement can be quantitatively analyzed through the discrete elem...
This paper discusses the combined application of the lattice discrete element method (LDEM) and the acoustic emission (AE) technique to analyze damage in quasi-brittle materials. These methods were used to study the damage in a concrete slab under pu...
Salt rock, owing to its excellent rheological and self-healing properties, has been widely applied in underground gas storage. However, a numerical method capable of systematically simulating the entire damage–healing process of salt rock is st...
Particle–fluid flows are ubiquitous in nature and industry. Understanding the dynamic behaviour of these complex flows becomes a rapidly developing interdisciplinary research focus. In this work, a numerical modelling approach for complex parti...
With the increasing scale of infrastructure projects in sectors such as hydraulics and transportation, coupled with the widespread adoption of anchorage support technologies, numerous rock slope anchorage systems have been established. This study pro...
This research explores discrete element method analysis to investigate the wear of NiTi Sand Screens in comparison to traditional materials. The study utilized Altair EDEM v2022.2 software and employed Oka and Archard models to simulate the wear beha...
In this study, the discrete element method was used to optimize the bucket size for the metering device in a garlic planter for enhancing the productivity of garlic farming according to the garlic size. Statistical information concerning the actual s...
The present work is aimed to investigate the capability of the discrete element method (DEM) to model properly wave propagation in solid materials, with special focus on the determination of elastic properties through wave velocities. Reference micro...
A hydrological–thermal coupling discrete element model depicting the unidirectional freezing process of unsaturated silty clay was developed in order to investigate the migration law of unfrozen water in unsaturated silty clay under unidirectio...
The behaviour of dry-joint masonry arch structures is highly nonlinear and discontinuous since they are composed of individual discrete blocks. These structures are vulnerable to seismic excitations. It is difficult for traditional methods like the s...
Permeable concrete pavement material has many voids and a good water permeability, which can reduce surface runoff and alleviate the problem of urban water logging. It also has the functions of acting as a supplementary source of groundwater, purifyi...
The use of self-consolidating concrete and advanced pumping system enables efficient construction of super high-rise buildings; however, risks such as clogging or even bursting of pipeline still exist. To better understand the fresh concrete pumping...
Numerical modelling techniques such as the discrete element method are now well established and extensively used in many applications including solid earth geoscience, materials science, geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics. The potential for...
In asphalt mixture, aggregates account for up to 90% of the total volume and play an important role in the mechanical characteristics of asphalt mixture. The proportions of fine and coarse aggregates in gradation, as well as the function of aggregate...
The degradation of soil bonding, which can be described by the evolution of bond degradation variables, is essential in the constitutive modeling of cemented soils. A degradation variable with a value of 0/1.0 indicates that the applied stress is com...
The swelling-shrinkage behavior of expansive soils under climate changes will cause the crack development, which can be destructive of expansive soil slopes. This study investigated the effect of drying/wetting cycles on the stability of an expansive...
In order to verify the accuracy and applicability of the discrete element method (DEM) in dealing with geometrically large deformations of continuous plate structures, both a single-parameter analysis and an orthogonal design method were adopted to a...
Screening is a key operation in a crushing plant that ensures adequate product quality of aggregates in mineral processing. The screening process can be divided into the two sub-processes of stratification and passage. The stratification process is a...
The discrete element method (DEM) is commonly employed to analyze the deformations and failures of jointed rock slopes. However, when the iterative calculation process of the DEM modeling should be terminated is still unclear. To solve the above prob...
To address the issues of narrow row spacing, complex terrain, and low fertilization efficiency in trenching and fertilizing operations for mountainous tea gardens, a dual-spiral integrated trenching and fertilizing machine was designed, and its key p...
Discrete element method (DEM) has become an essential tool for analyzing particle-scale behavior and complex interactions in agricultural materials and machinery. This review synthesizes recent advances in DEM-based modeling and applications in agric...
The difficulty of obtaining a densely packed granular material as an initial condition is a very common problem in numerical simulations of granular materials. In this article, an Imaginary Coating Algorithm (ICA) is introduced. To avoid unreasonable...
This paper focuses on obtaining fundamental data for optimizing the design of intelligent equipment for cutting natural rubber and its key components. It uses natural rubber bark as the research subject and employs specific experimental apparatus to...
The rotation speed of a mill is an important factor related to its operation and grinding efficiency. Analysis and regulation of the optimal speed under different working conditions can effectively reduce energy loss, improve productivity, and extend...
Rheological properties of pitch and pitch/coke mixtures at temperatures around 150 °C are of great interest for the carbon anode manufacturing process in the aluminum industry. In the present work, a cohesive viscoelastic contact model based on Burge...
The discrete element method (DEM) is widely employed in various fields for analyzing rock and soil movement. However, the traditional DEM involves a large number of calculations, which leads to reduced computational efficiency. Deep-learning presents...
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