LAGLANGIAN COUPLING FOR SOLID-LIQUID TWO PHASE FLOW BY DEM-MPS METHOD

The Lagrangian model of solid-liquid two phase flow is proposed by combining the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (=MPS) method with the Distinct Element Method (=DEM). The governing equations of two fluid model is discretized by the MPS method, with the model of interparticle collision in solid phase based on the DEM. The relationships of present model with the previous Lagrangian model of a motion of single sediment particle and the non-Newtonian fluid model are discussed. The performance of the present model is investigated by simulating the dropping lump of mud into still water. By comparing the solutions of three models, such as the present model; the two fluid model by the MPS method without the DEM; and the MPS method with the passively moving solids module, the effect of cohesion of mud is reproduced well by the present model.