Mixtures/Suspensions of different materials for Abaqus SPH modeling

[Aaborta]

Hello Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could provide some information on how to make material mixtures (clay + water + coarse particles) for SPH modeling using Abaqus. For example, gravels of different sizes (uniform or non-uniform sizes) mixed within a clay dispersion. At the same time identify their volume fractions (e.g. clay fraction and gravel fraction). Thank you so much for stopping by this post

 

[JamesCrist]

I'm not familiar with the features in Abaqus but you may want to look into Discrete Element Method (DEM) for this type of problem. It's a lagrangian method which is conceptually similar to SPH but designed for things like sand and gravel. For example my company carries a product called Granuleworks which can be coupled with another solver called Particleworks for handling the water in your problem. This page has some additional information that might be helpful:

https://enginsoftusa.com/Particleworks-CFD-Software.html

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