Abstract
Numerical approaches of the solid-liquid flows were not established so far. This is because the modeling of free surface and solid phase was difficult, furthermore the calculation cost might become excessive. In the present study, a new method is developed to simulate the solid-liquid flows involving the free surface. In this method, the solid-liquid flows were computed by combining the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method. This is called the DEM-MPS method. In the present study, the validation of the DEM-MPS method was performed in a solid-liquid flow involving free surface in a rotating tank. The angle of repose and solid distribution were compared between the simulations and experiments. The simulation results were in good agreement with those obtained by the experiment.
