EDEM Add-in for ANSYS Workbench TutorialAnalysis of a Truck Body

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Introduction

Through this tutorial users can learn how to export pressure data from EDEM to

ANSYS Mechanical version 15.0, allowing investigation of the influence of material

loads on equipment designs. The exercise is directed at users with existing

knowledge of ANSYS and EDEM.

A simple ANSYS model will be set up to demonstrate the capabilities of the process.

The model used in this tutorial is a dump truck which is loaded with rocks. In the first

part of the tutorial the export procedure will be described using the dump truck as an

example.

In addition to this tutorial document, the following files are provided:

 An EDEM simulation deck: DumpTruck.dem and the associated .dfg, .ess,

 CAD geometry file Dump Truck ANSYS.stp