Erosion

These examples show the trajectories of solid particles with different sizes through an elbow and tee. The larger diameter particles deviate further from the mean flow of the carrier fluid and collide with the pipe walls causing material loss or erosion. The contours on the wall surfaces show the erosion rate from the particle impacts.

 

 

Applications

Tracking particles through a fluid has numerous industrial applications. In addition to predicting erosion rates in piping, particle tracking models can used to simulate the follwing processes: