Particle Output

5.10.5 Particle Output

The options to view the Particle in the output are available in the Properties Panel and the Plot Panel. They can be categorized as:

Display Window
Plot Window: Module outputs and for the boundary outputs.

Display Window

The output variables can be seen in terms of the particle distribution in the display window over the entire fluid domain. The particle parameters in the Properties Panel can be specified as follows:

Geometric Entities Panel > Particles > Particle
Properties Panel > Model Tab

The parameters for the particle display are:

Show Particles: There are three options to set for displaying the particles. They are Show All Particles, Show Stuck Only and Show Moving Only.
Linear Separation Tolerance
Particle Size Scale (view only): This is a multiplier that changes the size of the particles. This scale is to view the particles or streaklines in a preferred scale.
Line Thickness

Figure 5.244 - Particle module - Display properties

Plot Window

Module

The module related parameters for particles in the Plot Panel are specified as follows:

Model Panel > Particle
Plot Panel > Particle > [Desired Property]

The plot parameters for the module are as follows:

No. of Particles: The total number of particles released with respect to time.
Mass of Particles
No. of Stuck Particles
Mass of Stuck Particles

Figure 5.245 - Particle module - Plot properties

Boundary

The particle parameters for boundaries in the Plot Panel are specified as follows:

Geometric Entities Panel > Boundaries > [Desired Boundary]
Plot Panel > Particle > [Desired Property]

The parameters available for plotting differ based on the boundary condition and the release condition selected using Release Particle . They also differ for Massless and Has Mass particles.

When Release Particle is set to Yes for a boundary, the following parameters are available in the Plot Panel:

	Open	Wall	Symmetry
Massless	No. of Released Particles No. of Released Particles Per Step No. of Exited Particles No. of Exited Particles Per Step	No. of Released Particles No. of Released Particles Per Step	No. of Released Particles No. of Released Particles Per Step
Has Mass	No. of Released Particles No. of Released Particles Per Step Released Mass Flux No of Exited Particles No. of Exited Particles Per Step Exited Mass Flux	No. of Released Particles No. of Released Particles Per Step Released Mass Flux No. of Bounced Particles No. of Hit Particles Hit Particle Mass Flux Hit Particle Mass Hit Energy (Normal) Hit Energy (Tangential) No. of Stuck Particles Stuck Mass Flux Mass of Stuck Particles Erosion Mass Erosion Thickness Erosion Mass Rate Erosion Speed	No. of Released Particles No. of Released Particles Per Step Released Mass Flux

Open

Wall

Symmetry

Massless

No. of Released Particles

No. of Released Particles Per Step

No. of Exited Particles

No. of Exited Particles Per Step

No. of Released Particles

No. of Released Particles Per Step

No. of Released Particles

No. of Released Particles Per Step

Has Mass

No. of Released Particles

No. of Released Particles Per Step

Released Mass Flux

No of Exited Particles

No. of Exited Particles Per Step

Exited Mass Flux

No. of Released Particles

No. of Released Particles Per Step

Released Mass Flux

No. of Bounced Particles

No. of Hit Particles

Hit Particle Mass Flux

Hit Particle Mass

Hit Energy (Normal)

Hit Energy (Tangential)

No. of Stuck Particles

Stuck Mass Flux

Mass of Stuck Particles

Erosion Mass

Erosion Thickness

Erosion Mass Rate

Erosion Speed

No. of Released Particles

No. of Released Particles Per Step

Released Mass Flux

Table 5.48 - Release particle as Yes

When Release Particle is set to No for a boundary, the following parameters are available in the Plot Panel:

	Open	Wall	Symmetry
Massless	No. of Exited Particles No. of Exited Particles Per Step	-	-
Has Mass	No. of Exited Particles No. of Exited Particles Per Step Exited Mass Flux	No. Hit Particles	-

Open

Wall

Symmetry

Massless

No. of Exited Particles

No. of Exited Particles Per Step

Has Mass

No. of Exited Particles

No. of Exited Particles Per Step

Exited Mass Flux

No. Hit Particles

Table 5.49 - Release particle as No

Variables for Contours

The following variables are available for the Particle module in the Results Panel to be displayed as contours :

Flow Module Primary Variables
Label in Results Panel Variables List	Units	Display/Output Options
Particle Number Density	1/m²	In the GUI Display Window
No. of Particles Per Face	-	In the GUI Display Window
Erosion Thickness	m	In the GUI Display Window
Erosion Weight	kg/m²	In the GUI Display Window

Table 5.50 - Contour variables