Event Details
Dates: September 1st – 3rd, 2026
Location: The Department of Mathematics at The University of Manchester, Manchester. Online participation will also be possible via Teams.
This event focused on the use of multi-physics in the simulation of particulate solids. There was a selection of invited speakers and workshop/tutorial sessions spread across the three days, with the full list of speakers and topics described below.
Full details on the ON-DEM specific event activities can be found on the ON-DEM website.
Event Schedule
Day 1 - Tuesday, September 1st
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 11:45 – 13:15 | Arrival & lunch |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Introduction |
| 13:30 – 14:45 | Research summary presentations Community updates |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Progress on development of code benchmarking cases J.P. Morrissey (University of Edinburgh) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Tea/coffee break |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Update on GPU implementation for MercuryDPM Valantis Tsinginos (STFC) |
| 15:50 – 16:00 | GRaiNNs: Graph Neural Network Simulation for particulate processes J.P. Morrissey (University of Edinburgh) |
| 16:00 – 16:55 | Development of macros for DEM visualisation in ParaView J.P. Morrissey (University of Edinburgh) |
| 17:00 – 19:00 | Free time |
| 19:15 – 22:30 | Event dinner - Dimitri’s |
Progress on development of code benchmarking cases
Update on GPU implementation for MercuryDPM
GRaiNNs: Graph Neural Network Simulation for particulate processes
Development of macros for DEM visualisation in ParaView
Day 2 - Wednesday, September 2nd
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | A commercial and industrial perspective on CFD–DEM Commercial perspective: Victor Lira (Flow3D) Industrial perspective: Andrew Hobbs (Astec Industries) An introduction to OmniVerse: Andrew Hobbs(Astec Industries) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Key concepts in CFD-DEM Selection of appropriate drag models: Sadaf Marami (University of Newcastle) Mesh dependency: Don McGlinchey (Glasgow Caledonian University) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Running your first open-source CFD–DEM simulation (Part 1) David Schneider (preCICE) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea/coffee break* |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Running your first open-source CFD–DEM simulation (Part 2) David Schneider (preCICE) |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Free time |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Event dinner - Albert’s Shed |
Commercial Perspective on CFD-DEM
An introduction to OmniVerse
Selection of appropriate drag models
CFD Mesh Convergence & CFD-DEM Modeling for Pneumatic Conveying
Running your first open-source CFD–DEM simulation with preCICE
Download the CFD–DEM simulation tutorial with preCICE & MercuryDPM Slides
Download the tutorial materials from Zenodo
Important
In order to follow through the tutorial on running a CFD-DEM simulation you will need to have a laptop capable of using Linux/Unix (this can be a Linux/Unix virtual machine, WSL on Windows, most Linux distros or MacOS).
Note that on MacOS, ARM support should not be an issue, but cannot be guaranteed.
Day 3 - Thursday, September 3rd
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Review of Fluid-Particle Coupling methodologies |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Review of Fluid-Particle Coupling codes and practical examples |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 17:45 | ParaSolS Event Close – Continued ON-DEM Event |
Overview of Coupling Methodologies
Reimbursement of Expenses
Those whose attendance expenses will be reimbursed will be informed no later than August 12th. These attendees should read and follow the guidance here on which expenses can be claimed for, and the mechanism for reimbursement.
CCC-ParaSolS will be able to reimburse the travel and subsistence expenses of some attendees up to to a maximum value of £350 — but perhaps not all, depending on the level of interest: hence the hybrid joining possibility.
Venue
The Alan Turing Building
The University of Manchester
Upper Brook Street
Manchester
M13 9SR
