2.17. Case Description

In this verification case, a frictionless spherical particle falls freely under gravitational force from an initial height, , and bounces upon collision with a rigid wall. The translation motion of the particle is described in three stages: free fall, contact and rebound. For details regarding the theory, refer to (Chen, 2007) and to Rocky DEM Technical Manual.

In this case, R is the ball particle radius, is the initial height, g is the gravitational acceleration, is the pre-collision particle velocity and is the post-collision particle velocity, as described in Figure 2.15: Free-falling sphere colliding with a plane and frictionless surface..

Figure 2.15: Free-falling sphere colliding with a plane and frictionless surface.

Free-falling sphere colliding with a plane and frictionless surface.