PFC Version 6.0 now offers the ability to model convex rigid blocks and make them interact with other model components such as balls and walls.
During this 20-minutes long webinar, M. Emam will provide a brief overview of this feature, discuss comprehensive example applications ranging from rock-mass behavior to granular flow, and highlight important tip and tricks and modeling challenges.

 

 

Using Rigid Blocks in PFC

 

Presented by：Dr. Sacha Emam

PFC Product Manager,

Itasca Consultants S.A.S.

 

部分案例代码可通过百度网盘下载：

链接：https://pan.baidu.com/s/15g1bhhdbMrjEQYLK8DuvUA 

提取码：2zza

 

PFC (Particle Flow Code) is a general purpose, distinct-element modeling (DEM) framework that is available as two- and three-dimensional programs (PFC2D and PFC3D, respectively). 

PFC models synthetic materials composed of an assembly of variably-sized rigid particles that interact at contacts to represent both granular and solid materials. PFC models simulate the independent movement (translation and rotation) and interaction of many rigid particles that may interact at contacts based on an internal force and moment. Particle shapes can include disks in 2D, or spheres in 3D, rigidly connected “clumps” of disks in 2D, or spheres in 3D, and convex polygons in 2D or polyhedra in 3D. Contact mechanics obey particle-interaction laws that update internal forces and moments. PFC includes twelve built-in contact models with the facility to add custom C++ User-Defined Contact Models (UDMs).