Recent Advances in MercuryDPM

Journal article (2023)

Authors

Anthony R. Thornton Mercury Lab BV, University of Twente
Timo Plath University of Twente
Igor Ostanin University of Twente
Holger Götz Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Jan Willem Bisschop Mercury Lab BV, University of Twente
Mohamed Hassan University of Twente
R.N. Roeplal Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Xiuqi Wang University of Twente
Sahar Pourandi University of Twente
Thomas Weinhart University of Twente, Mercury Lab BV
Research Group
Transport Engineering and Logistics (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2023 Anthony R. Thornton, Timo Plath, Igor Ostanin, Holger Götz, Jan Willem Bisschop, Mohamed Hassan, R.N. Roeplal, Xiuqi Wang, Sahar Pourandi, Thomas Weinhart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11786-023-00562-x
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Published Date

2023

Language

English

Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Marine and Transport Technology

Research Group

Transport Engineering and Logistics

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the open-source code MercuryDPM: a code for simulating discrete particles. The paper discusses software and management issues that may be interesting for the developers of other open-source codes. Then we review the new features that have been added since the last publication: an improved Hertz-Mindlin model; a new liquid bridge model of Lian and Seville; a droplet-spray model; better support for re-creating complex, measured particle size distributions; a new implementation of rigid clumps; an implementation of elastic membranes; a wear model for walls; a soft-kill feature and a cloud-deployment interface for AWS.