SediFoam

SediFoam: A general-purpose, open-source CFD-DEM solver for particle-laden flows

SediFoam is a hybrid CFD--DEM solver for particle-laden flows based on two open-source codes: OpenFOAM, an object-oriented CFD platform by OpenCFD, and LAMMPS, a highly efficient molecular dynamics solver by Sandia National Laboratories. The algorithms used in this solver are published in Xiao and Sun <<Xiao2011>>, Sun and Xiao <<Sun2015a>>, and <<Sun2015b>>. The solver has ben rigorously and extensively validated <<Gupta2015b>>. A capability demonstration of the present solver in the context of sediment transport is published in Sun and Xiao <<Sun2016>>. Other application include sand dune migration <<Sun2016b>>, cohesive particle setteling <<Sun2017cohesive>>, sediment transport of irregular partilces <<Sun2017irregular>>, particle plume in stratified flows <<Wang2016>>.

More information can be found at the https://github.com/xiaoh/sediFoam/wiki[wiki pages] of this site.

Development: Rui Sun (2013-2019), Heng Xiao (2008-2017), Jin Sun (University of Edinburgh, 2008-2010), Prashant Gupta (P&G) +

Please send bug reports and comments to the online forum - other users may come to help. You can also contact: Heng Xiao (heng.xiao@simtech.uni-stuttgart.de) , but reply may be slow. At this time, the software is not being actively developed.

If you use sediFoam, you can cite the following paper:

• R. Sun and H. Xiao. 'SediFoam: A general-purpose, open-source CFD-DEM solver for particle-laden flows with emphasis on sediment transport'. Computers and Geosciences, 89, 207-219, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2016.01.011[DOI:10.1016/j.cageo.2016.01.011]

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• [[[Sun2017cohesive]]] R. Sun, H. Xiao, H. Sun. Investigating the settling dynamics of cohesive silt particles with particle-resolving simulations. Advances in Water Resources. 111, 406-422, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.11.012[DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.11.012]

• [[[Sun2017irregular]]] R. Sun, H. Xiao and H. Sun. Realistic representation of grain shapes in CFD-DEM simulations of sediment transport with a bonded-sphere approach. Advances in Water Resources. 107, 421-438, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.015[DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.015]

• [[[Sun2015a]]] R. Sun and H. Xiao. 'Diffusion-Based Coarse Graining in Hybrid Continuum–Discrete Solvers: Theoretical Formulation and A Priori Tests'. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 77, 142-157, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.08.014[DOI:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.08.014]. Also available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.0001[arxiv:1409.0001]

• [[[Sun2015b]]] R. Sun and H. Xiao. 'Diffusion-Based Coarse Graining in Hybrid Continuum–Discrete Solvers: Applications in CFD–DEM'. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 72, 233-247, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.02.014[DOI:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.02.014]. Also available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.0022[arxiv:1409.0022]

• [[[Xiao2011]]] H. Xiao and J. Sun. 'Algorithms in a robust hybrid CFD–DEM solver for particle-laden flows'. Communications in Computational Physics, 9(2), 297-323, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.260509.230210a[DOI: 10.4208/cicp.260509.230210a]. Full text also available on https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228467581_Algorithms_in_a_Robust_Hybrid_CFD-DEM_Solver_for_Particle-Laden_Flows[ResearchGate].

• [[[Sun2016b]]] R. Sun and H. Xiao. 'CFD-DEM simulations of current-induced dune formation and morphological evolution'. Advances in Water Resources, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.03.018[doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.03.018]. Also available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.07201[arxiv:1510.07201]

• [[[Xu2018]]] S. Xu, R. Sun, Y. Cai and H. Sun. Study of sedimentation of non-cohesive particles via CFD-DEM simulations. Granular Matter, 2018. https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.01524[arxiv:1711.01524]

• [[[Wang2016]]] R.Q Wang, R. Sun and H. Xiao. Euler-Lagrangian Simulation of Multiphase Plumes in Stratified Flows. The 7th International Conference on Computational Methods. November, 2016, Berkeley, CA. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316416310_Euler-Lagrangian_Simulation_of_Multiphase_Plumes_in_Stratified_Flows[Link]

• [[[Gupta2015a]]] Gupta, Prashant, J. Sun, and J. Y. Ooi. 'DEM-CFD simulation of a dense fluidized bed: Wall boundary and particle size effects'. Powder Technology, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2015.11.050[DOI:10.1016/j.powtec.2015.11.050]

• [[[Gupta2015b]]] Gupta, Prashant. 'Verification and validation of a DEM-CFD model and multiscale modelling of cohesive fluidization regimes'. Ph.D. Thesis, Edinburgh Univeristy, 2015. https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/10449[Download from UoE Archive]