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Discrete Element Method (DEM) Course Module
26 Aug 2024 | Courses
The DEM course module was created by Carl Wassgren of the Particulate Systems Laboratory (PSL) at Purdue University. The series consists of slides and videos that will familiarize you with the basics of DEM. Discrete Element Method has been applied to analyze and predict flow behaviour in a wide...
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High Shear Mixer
26 Aug 2024 | Tools
Analyze particles as they move through a high shear mixer
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Hopper Flow Discharge
26 Aug 2024 | Tools
DEM simulation of the discharge of particles from a hopper
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Hopper Segregation
26 Aug 2024 | Animations
The Particulate Sciences Laboratory at Purdue University investigates the mixing and segregation of binary and multi-component granular materials. Solids mixing, also known as blending, is a common processing operation used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. The intent of mixing...
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Inter- and Intra- Tablet Coating Variability
26 Aug 2024 | Animations
Tablets are coated for a number of reasons, the most important of which is controlling the release profiles and bioavailability of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. The amount of coating on the surface of a tablet is critical to the effectiveness of the oral dosage form.Tablets are usually...
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Particle Adhesion
26 Aug 2024 | Tools
Particle Adhesion
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Particle and Thin Film Adhesion
26 Aug 2024 | Series
The adhesion of micron and sub-micron scale particles to surfaces is of tremendous interest in a wide range of industrial and civilian applications. We measure directly the adhesion of particles to surfaces using atomic force microscopy and develop experimentally-validated, science-based models...
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ParticleVis: A Tool for DEM Particle Visualization
26 Aug 2024 | Downloads
ParticleVis is a visualization tool specialized for loading and exploring particulate simulation data. It contains a set of features that enables powerful and useful visualizations of particle simulations to be quickly generated. Support is provided for visualization of hundreds of thousands of...
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PSL DEM Lecture 01: Motivation
26 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials
The Particulate Systems Laboratory at Purdue University presents the Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Short Course Series. This is Lecture 01: Motivation.
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PSL DEM Lecture 02: Hard Particle Collision Modeling
26 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials
The Particulate Systems Laboratory at Purdue University presents the Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Short Course Series. This is Lecture 02: Hard Particle Collision Modeling
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PSL DEM Lecture 03: Hard Particle Contact Detection
26 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials
The Particulate Systems Laboratory at Purdue University presents the Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Short Course Series. This is Lecture 03: Hard Particle Contact Detection.
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PSL DEM Lecture 06: Introduction to Soft-Particle DEM and Normal Contact Force Models - Part I
26 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials
The Particulate Systems Laboratory at Purdue University presents the Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Short Course Series. This is Lecture 06: Introduction to Soft-Particle DEM and Normal Contact Force Models - Part I.
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PSL DEM Lecture 07: Normal Contact Force Models - Part II
26 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials
The Particulate Systems Laboratory at Purdue University presents the Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Short Course Series. This is Lecture 07: Normal Contact Force Models - Part II.
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PSL DEM Lecture 09: Tangential Contact Force Models
15 May 2008 | Teaching Materials
The Particulate Systems Laboratory at Purdue University presents the Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Short Course Series. This is Lecture 9: Tangential Contact Force Models.
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PSL DEM Lecture 11: Coarse Contact Detection
26 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials
The Particulate Systems Laboratory at Purdue University presents the Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Short Course Series. This is Lecture 11: Coarse Contact Detection.
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PSL DEM Lecture 13: 3D Rotations
26 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials
The Particulate Systems Laboratory at Purdue University presents the Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Short Course Series. This is Lecture 13: 3D Rotations.
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Rotating Drum
26 Aug 2024 | Tools
PharmaHUB Rotating Drum
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Roughness models for particle adhesion
26 Aug 2024 | Publications
The effects of different surface roughness models on a previously developed van der Waals adhesion model were examined. The van der Waals adhesion model represented surface roughness with a distribution of asperities. It was found that the constraints used todefine the asperity distribution on...
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Video Lecture 06: Introduction to Soft-Particle DEM and Normal Contact Force Models - Part I
26 Aug 2024 | Animations
Video Lecture 06: Introduction to Soft-Particle DEM and Normal Contact Force Models - Part ICarl R. WassgrenParticulate Systems Laboratory (PSL), Purdue University
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Visualization of Particle-Based Computer Data
26 Aug 2024 | Series
The ParticleVis software system offers full-featured visualization of discrete element method (DEM) computer data for real-time 3D rendering of large sets of particle states. ParticleVis capabilities include:adjustable lighting conditions and camera viewing characteristics,options to display...