Discrete element method: Difference between revisions

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after I've met C.Thornton on conference in Aussois and a short talk with him, I can write here some additional information.
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Open source and non-commercial software:
 
* BALL & TRUBAL (1979-1980) distinct element method (FORTRAN code), authoredoriginally written by P.Cundall and currently maintained by [http://www.iem.bham.ac.uk/computation/granular/colthor.htm Colin C.Thornton].
* [http://geo.hmg.inpg.fr/frederic/Research_project_Discrete_Element_Software.html SDEC] Spherical Discrete Element Code.
* [http://yade.berlios.de/ YADE] Yet Another Dynamic Engine, second incarnation of SDEC written from ground-up, GPL license.
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Commercially available DEM software packages include PFC3D and EDEM:
 
*[http://www.itascacg.com/pfc.html PFC2D and PFC3D (Particle Flow Code in 2 Dimensions; Particle Flow Code in 3 Dimensions)], PFC2D uses BALL codebase, PFC3D uses TRUBAL codebase.
*[http://www.dem-solutions.com/introduction.html EDEM (DEM Solutions Ltd.)]
*[http://www.igc.ethz.ch/gromos/ GROMOS 96]