Is possible to add new particles via another partilce_input file during the DEM simulation?

muzinw · April 14, 2021, 2:43am

Hi,
I am working on packing particle layer-by-layer by using MFiX-DEM. Is possible to add new particles via another particle_input file (like particle_input_2.dat or something like that) in the middle of the DEM simulation?

Thanks!

jeff.dietiker · April 14, 2021, 9:53pm

Not natively. It would be risky to just add a bunch of particles in the middle of the simulation. If you have large overlap between existing particles and new ones, this would blow up.