CFDEMcoupling-PFM/tutorials/cfdemSolverPiso/bubblingFluidizedBed

Bubbling fluidized bed test case

based on

• Khawaja, H.A., J. Comput. Multiph. Flows 7(4), 227-240 (2015)
• Khawaja, H.A. and Moatamedi, M., Multiphysics Modelling of Fluid-Particulate Systems, 51-74 (2020)

Case B

parameter	value
box width	0.0432 m
box height	0.1248 m
box thickness	0.01 m
number of fluid cells	12 x 26 x 1
number of particles	9240
fluid density	1.13 kg/m3
DEM time step size	2.5e-6 s
particle diameter	1.2 mm
particle density	1000 kg/m3
Youngs modulus	1.2e8 Pa
Poisson ratio	0.3
coeff. of restitution	0.986
coeff. of friction	0.1
unfluidized bed height	0.03 m
bed expansion observed in experiment	0.05 m