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Ansys Rocky Particle Simulation
Meet the Latest Best-in-Class Tool in the
Expanding Ansys Simulation Portfolio
An Introduction to Ansys Rocky
Building and testing the efficacy of material handling equipment is time consuming, expensive, and often
ineffective. Whether designing equipment to store and dispense grain, to add coating to tablets, or to
develop packaging that protects potato chips from breaking, the trial-and-error method is limited, leading to
inconsistent particle distribution and equipment damage or even failure.
Fortunately, with the addition of Rocky to the Ansys offering, companies in all industries can now simulate
particle movement to test and refine equipment designs. In this whitepaper, we introduce Ansys Rocky
and provide a few examples how different companies have used it to ensure that their equipment meets
requirements before building prototypes.
About Ansys Rocky
Rocky is the industry-leading discrete element method (DEM) software used for simulating the motion
of granular and discontinuous material in material handling equipment such as conveyor chutes, mills,
and mixers. With it, manufacturers simulate the flow behavior of bulk material with a wide variety of particle
shapes and applications, including:
• Particle Transport and Storage
• Particle Mixing
• Particle Coating
Note: In Rocky, a "particle" refers to any individual solid being
represented—such as grains, rocks, bottles, etc.
When it comes to speed and advanced physics, Ansys Rocky offers
more than other DEM software, including a state-of-the-art Multiple-
Graphics Processing Unit (Multi-GPU) solver and the ability to simulate
complex custom particle shapes, particle breakage, and flexible fibers.
WHITEPAPER
