Prometech Software, Inc. (President: Tsuyoshi Sumiya, Head Office: Tokyo, hereinafter Prometech) has released the particle-based simulation software “Particleworks Ver. 7.0” and the granular materials simulation software “Granuleworks Ver.2.0”.
 
Particleworks is a CFD simulation software based on MPS -moving particle simulation- method. By using particles as calculation points without mesh generation, it greatly reduces the number of pre-processing steps such as simulation model creation and simulates complicated liquid behaviors including large-scale deformation of free surfaces such as oil behavior of power train, piston oil cooling, vehicles driving into the flooded road, mixing of food, chemicals and resin, debris and concrete flow, and tsunami runup, etc. Because of such simulation capabilities, Particleworks has been attracting attention in various fields including automotive, machinery, electric, material, food, chemical, biomedical, energy, and civil engineering industries all over the world.
 
Granuleworks is a granular material simulation software based on the discrete element method (DEM) theory. It can be used for manufacturing processes using powders, powder processing, and design and improvement of powder equipment for various fields including food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, transport equipment, and electronic materials. Besides, by coupling with Particleworks, it can also simulate bubbles’ behavior in liquid.
 

【 Common new/enhanced capabilities of Particleworks and Granuleworks 】
 
Improvements in usability and performance

In Particleworks 7.0 and Granuleworks2.0, usability and performance have been greatly improved. It is possible to automate the simulation workflow using API. The performance of pre-processing and post-processing has been improved and new functions have been added.
 

【 New capabilities of Particleworks 】
 
Conjugate heat transfer analysis

Enhanced thermal simulation capabilities, especially heat-transfer analysis between fluid and structure.
 
Gas flow simulation (beta release)

Enabling gas-liquid two-phase flow efficiently.