Table 4 Numerical parameters for continuous AWJ impact simulation.

From: An unresolved SPH-DEM model for simulation of ductile and brittle surface erosion by abrasive water-jet (AWJ) impact

Parameter properties and labels

Value

Fluid SPH particle parameters

  Initial spacing, dini (mm)

0.05

  Smoothing length, h (mm)

1.25dini

  Initial density, ρ0 (kg/m3)

1.0 × 103

  Dynamic viscosity, µf (Pa·s)

1.0 × 10−3

  Time step, Δt (s)

2.0 × 10−9

Rigid abrasive DEM particle parameters

  Density, ρdem (kg/m3)

4.12 × 103

  Diameter, ddem (mm)

0.20

  Young’s modulus, E (GPa)

248

  Poisson ratio, υ

0.3

  Friction coefficient, µ

0.3

  Restitution coefficient, e

0.6

AWJ incident parameters

  Distance between adjacent abrasives in Y direction, ydis (mm)

1.0

  Jet diameter, djet (mm)

1.0

  Incident velocity, vjet (m/s)

200

  Incident angle, α (°)

90

  Nozzle traverse speed, vtran

0