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[Jérôme Duriez <question434127@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #434127 on Yade changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/434127

    Status: Open => Answered

Jérôme Duriez proposed the following answer:
Hi,

Polyhedra are clearly not the most used shape in DEM in general and YADE
in particular, and they are included in YADE since October 2013, which
is not so old, considering also the probably limited users number.
Hence, it is indeed not surprising there is no example of this type of
problem (but anyone is welcome is propose one)

The possibilities using polyhedras with YADE are reflected by the names
of the existing Ig2 functors [1] and Law2 functors [2]. Outside of Jan's
suggestion in #5, It is clear these possibilities are not endless since
a very small minority include "PolyhedraGeom" in their names, with only
one "Law2_PolyhedraGeom" which does not look like it suits your needs.

Since you don't want to convert all your polyhedra to sphere collection
just in order to have cohesion between them, it is probable you will
have to code yourself a cohesive polyhedra interaction model.

Good news: YADE is open-source !

Jerome

[1] https://yade-dem.org/doc/yade.wrapper.html#igeomfunctor
[2] https://yade-dem.org/doc/yade.wrapper.html#lawfunctor

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