Understand Every Particle. Optimize Every Movement.
Ansys Rocky is advanced Discrete Element Method simulation software for analyzing the movement, interaction and behavior of particles and bulk materials. Model complex particle shapes, breakage, wear and particle-fluid interactions across industrial applications.
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Go Beyond Simplified Particle Behavior.
1. Discrete Element Method
The core physics engine built to compute force, momentum, and trajectory of millions of distinct particles simultaneously.
2. Particle Flow Simulation
Predict and visualize full-scale granular material behaviors, flow patterns, segregation, and piling inside material-handling setups.
3. Non-Spherical Particle Modeling
Move past spherical approximations. Create true fiber, polyhedral, and custom multi-segment shapes to match actual material geometry.
4. Particle Breakage
Calculate instantaneous energy impact and model degradation, fragmentation, and generation of fines under shear and impact forces.
5. Wear Analysis
Model boundary surface erosion, shear stress, and adhesive/abrasive wall wear over time to predict equipment service lifespans.
6. Cohesion & Contact Modeling
Account for liquid bridges, static sticking, moisture-driven clumping, and complex dry cohesion parameters between particles.
7. CFD-DEM Coupling
Establish two-way force transfers with Ansys Fluent to simulate particle-gas and particle-liquid mixtures, slurries, and fluidized beds.
8. Structural Coupling
Couple with Ansys Mechanical to transfer transient physical loads and wear metrics directly onto structural stress FEA meshes.
9. Electromagnetic Coupling
Integrate Maxwell solvers to simulate particle trajectories under active electrostatic charges and magnetic separation fields.
10. Multi-GPU Simulation
Harness native multi-GPU parallel processing to scale computation, accelerating massive-system solve times from days to hours.
11. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Leverage advanced SPH technology to model fluid splashes, waves, and free-surface interactions with discrete solids in real time.
Built for Complex Material Movement.
Bulk Material Handling
Optimize transfer chutes, high-volume hopper discharge feeds, and complex conveyor systems.
Mining & Minerals
Simulate rock crushing circuits, screen sieves, high-friction conveyors, and transport operations.
Food Processing
Analyze raw material movement, sorting systems, packaging funnels, and processing equipment flow.
Pharmaceutical Processing
Model dry tablet coating uniformities, drum mixing speeds, and drug granulation processes.
Agriculture
Simulate seed planting flow, fertilizer distribution patterns, and grain storage handling structures.
Additive Manufacturing
Understand powder bed uniformity, precise layer spreading, and particle deposition dynamics.
See Inside the Material Flow Before You Build.
Understand Material Behavior
Visualize absolute particle trajectories, momentum, and internal contacts that are impossible to view in real physical tests.
Identify Equipment Wear
Calculate shear stresses and wall impacts to target erosion hot-spots before manufacturing physical tooling prototypes.
Optimize Equipment Design
Virtually iterate design variants, modify flow angles, and test operational limits to maximize throughput efficiency.
Model Realistic Particle Shapes
Replicate physical materials precisely using custom polyhedral forms, leaving inaccurate spherical approximations behind.
Trusted Across Material-Handling Industries.
Mining & Minerals
Pharmaceutical
Food Processing
Chemical Processing
Agriculture
Additive Manufacturing
Cement & Construction
Bulk Material Handling
Build Confidence in Your Particle Simulation Workflow.
From specialized license configuration to custom multiphase modeling setups, Kaizenat helps engineering groups adopt Ansys Rocky smoothly without structural bottlenecks.
Verified technical competence, high-performance computing expert support.
Understand
Detailed mapping of your material properties, particle shapes, and physical processing challenges.
Implement
Build out optimal solver boundaries, material databases, and local high-performance computing infrastructures.
Enable
Fast-track team onboarding with application-focused learning paths and localized training courses.
Optimize
Scale solver workflows, resolve convergence edge-cases, and deploy advanced two-way CFD-DEM structures.
Ready to Understand Your Material Flow in More Detail?
Talk to Kaizenat's seasoned simulation specialists to map out and deploy the ideal Ansys Rocky workflow for your specific industrial application.