CFDEMcoupling-PFM 24.01 release

Notable Changes

• Added new solver cfdemSolverPimple with tutorial cases
• Modified cfdemSolverRhoPimpleChem to use pressure control, increase stability (if used with OF > 4)
• Modified rcfdemSolverRhoSteadyPimpleChem wrt to implicit source treatment
• Modified heatTransferGunn, heatTransferRanzMarshall adding an option to restrict Nu number scaling to a predefined cell set
• Fixed writeLiggghts to make sure that a restart file is written if end time changes
• Reorganized tutorials for cfdemSolverRhoPimple

Full Changelog: 23.02...24.01

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 23.02 release

Notable Changes

• Added new solver cfdemSolverIBContinuousForcing
• Added transferFluidProperties model to transfer fluid density and viscosity to LIGGGHTS
• Added option cartesianOutput to IOModel to output cartesian coordinates instead of barycentric coordinates
• Added consideration of particle angular velocity in immersed boundary method
• Added new tutorials for cfdemSolverIB and cfdemSolverIBContinuousForcing
• Added new tutorials for cfdemSolverRhoPimpleChem to demonstrate the complete series of reactions from Fe2O3->Fe3O4->FeO->Fe (R3, R2, R1)
• Fixed a deadlock situation in the IOModel class
• Fixed a deadlock situation in the twoWayOne2One data exchange model
• Fixed an issue when using the ignore option in couplingProperties in combination with cfdemCloudEnergy-based solvers
• Fixed the settings in tutorial cfdemSolverRhoPimple/FinesColumn

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 21.11 release

Notable Changes

• Added a Basset history force model (contributed by T.M.J. Nijssen)
• Added the new solver cfdemSolverMultiphaseScalar, which combines cfdemSolverMultiphase with heat and mass transfer balances (contributed by T.M.J. Nijssen)
• Added a Yagi wall-to-bed heat transfer model (contributed by T.M.J. Nijssen)
• Added a mass transfer model for simulation of dissolution processes (includes coupling to LIGGGHTS 21.11) (contributed by T.M.J. Nijssen)
• Added the new solver cfdemSolverPisoFreeStreaming
• Added the new solver rcfdemSolverForcedTracers
• Added the new solver rcfdemSolverRhoSteadyPimpleChem
• Added the new utility displacementField
• Added the new smoothing model constDiffAndTemporalSmoothing (contributed by T.M.J. Nijssen)
• Added several new test cases and tutorials
• Modified virtual mass and Mei lift force models (contributed by T.M.J. Nijssen)
• Replaced rBaseMirrorScalar and rBaseMirrorVec utilities by rBaseMirror utility
• Replaced heatTransferGranConduction model with heatTransferInterGrain model
• Fixed the solver cfdemSolverRhoPimple
• Fixed heat transfer models in combination with DEM coarse-graining

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 21.03 release

Notable Changes

• Added turbulentDispersion model
• Changed internal handling of per-particle properties in sub-models

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 20.09 release

Notable Changes

• Added output option to volWeightedAverage and particleCellVolume models
• Added coarse-graining to SchillerNaumann drag model
• Fixed twoWayOne2One data exchange model
• Fixed trilinear voidfraction model
• Removed obsolete solvers and related tutorials

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 20.05 release

Notable Changes

• Updated to OpenFOAM 6 (backwards compatible to 4.x and 5.x, tutorials are set up for 6)
• Updated fines model
• Added recurrence CFD features
• Added heat transfer from granular conduction
• Added correlation for Nusselt number according to Ranz and Marshall
• Added particle deformation model
• Removed cfdemSolverRhoSimple

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 19.09 release

Notable Changes

• Added test cases for chemistry model
• Fixed chemistry model
• Fixed time step fraction issue
• Fixed Beetstra drag for coarse-grained cases

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 19.02 release

Notable Changes

• Added cfdemSolverMultiphase
• Added twoWayOne2One data exchange model
• Fixed implicit heat transfer

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 18.10 release

Notable Changes

• Added cfdemSolverRhoPimpleChem
• Added cfdemSolverRhoSimple
• Added fvOptions to cfdemSolverPiso
• Added new chemistry models
• Added drag force model BeetstraDragPoly
• Added thermal conductivity model ZehnerSchluenderThermCond
• Added pdCorrelation model
• Added energy model heatTransferGunnPartField
• Merged heatTransferGunnImplicit model into heatTransferGunn model
• Modified the documentation to work with the Sphinx documentation generator

CFDEMcoupling-PFM 18.03 release

Notable Changes

• Cleaned-up test cases
• Updated oneWayVTK to accept VTK files generated via the LIGGGHTS dump custom/vtk command
• Updated doxygen configuration file and removed outdated documentation