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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_examples_basic_examples_minimal.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_examples_basic_examples_minimal.py:

.. _ref_minimal:

Simple particle simulation
--------------------------
This example sets up and solves a simple particle simulation workflow.

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Perform imports and create a project
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Perform the required imports and create an empty project.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import os.path
    import tempfile

    import ansys.rocky.core as pyrocky

    # Create a temp directory to save the project.
    project_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="pyrocky_")

    # Launch Rocky and open a project.
    rocky = pyrocky.launch_rocky()
    project = rocky.api.CreateProject()








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Configure the study
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Create a particle entity and then inject it through a circular surface.

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.. code-block:: Python


    study = project.GetStudy()

    # The default particle entity has a spherical shape and just one size distribution with
    # the sieve size of 0.1 m.
    particle = study.CreateParticle()

    # The default circular surface is defined in the XZ plane and has a maximum radius
    # of 1.0 m and center in the Cartesian coordinates of (0.0, 0.0, 0.0).
    circular_surface = study.CreateCircularSurface()
    study.CreateParticleInlet(entry_point=circular_surface, particle=particle)

    # The domain settings define the domain limits where the particles are enabled to be
    # computed in the simulation.
    domain = study.GetDomainSettings()
    domain.DisableUseBoundaryLimits()
    domain.SetCoordinateLimitsMaxValues((10, 1, 10))









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Set up the solver and run the simulation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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.. code-block:: Python


    solver = study.GetSolver()
    solver.SetSimulationDuration(2)  # Simulate for 2 sec.

    project.SaveProject(os.path.join(project_dir, "rocky-testing.rocky"))
    study.StartSimulation()





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    True



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Postprocess
~~~~~~~~~~~

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.. code-block:: Python


    # Get the particles count curve that shows the number of particles inside the domain at
    # each time step of the simulation.
    times, particles_count = study.GetParticles().GetNumpyCurve("Particles Count")
    for time, count in zip(times, particles_count):
        print(f"Time: {time}s, Count: {count}")

    rocky.close()




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   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 46.634 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_basic_examples_minimal.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: minimal.ipynb <minimal.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: minimal.py <minimal.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: minimal.zip <minimal.zip>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

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