*PARTICLE GENERATOR
Specify a particle generator.

This option is used to define a particle generator.

Product: Abaqus/Explicit  

Type: Model data

Level: Part,  Part instance  

Reference:

Required parameters:

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICLES

Set this parameter equal to an upper bound of the maximum number of particles expected to be generated during the analysis.

NAME

Set this parameter equal to the name of the particle generator.

TYPE

Set this parameter equal to the type of particle to be generated. Only PD3D elements are supported.

Optional parameters:

MAX ATTEMPTS PER INCREMENT

Set this parameter equal to the maximum number of particle insertion attempt cycles the generator makes before halting generation for an increment. The default value is 10.

MAX INSERTION ATTEMPTS

Set this parameter equal to the maximum number of attempts the generator makes to place a particle of a given size before rejecting that particle size. The default value is 15.

SOLID FRACTION

Set this parameter equal to a threshold value that will temporarily halt the particle generator for an increment if the region near the inlet has a high volume of particles. The threshold value is a particle volume fraction over a volume that extends in front of the inlet surface, where is the maximum particle radius for the generator. The default value is 0.4.

There are no data lines associated with this option.