# A 2D DEM-LBM numerical simulation of localized fluidization in immersed granular media

Jeff Ngoma, Jean-Yves Delenne, Farhang Radjai, Pierre Philippe, Stéphane Bonelli

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Jeff Ngoma, Jean-Yves Delenne, Farhang Radjai, Pierre Philippe, Stéphane Bonelli. A 2D DEM-LBM numerical simulation of localized fluidization in immersed granular media. Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Grain/Fluid Flows, Nov 2013, Lyon, France. 2013. [hal-01568883](https://hal.science/hal-01568883)

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A 2D DEM-LBM numerical simulation
of localized fluidization in an immersed granular media

Jeff Ngoma <fnref n="1" />, Jean-Yves Delenne <fnref n="1" />, Farhang Radjai <fnref n="1" />, Pierre Philippe <fnref n="2" />, Stéphane Bonelli <fnref n="2" />

In this work, a two-dimensional simulation has been developed using coupled Discrete Element and Lattice Boltzmann Methods (DEM-LBM) to simulate the fluid-particles interaction in a granular medium in order to investigate the frontier between motionless and fluidized particles, subjected to fluid flow. Specific aspects of the coupled system are developed taking into account the interaction of the two phases.

The LBM simulates fluid flows within pores spaces while the solid grains are modeled using the DEM. This paper reports numerical results of fluidized zone development in an immersed granular media under the effect of a locally injected upward fluid flow: transient and stationary regimes, thresholds, influence of injection diameter of fluid flow, hysteresis effect of the fluidized cavity regime, and interaction between two separate injections. These numerical results are compared with previous experimental data by P. Philippe and M. Badiane [Physical Review E 87, 042208, 2013].

<footnote n="1">¹Laboratoire de mécanique et génie civil de Montpellier, France</footnote>

<footnote n="2">²Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture</footnote>