EDEM Bulk Material Simulation

EDEM is a market-leading software that was developed for bulk material simulation. Powered by state-of-the-art Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) technology, EDEM quickly and accurately simulates and analyzes the behavior of bulk materials such as coal, mined ores, soil, tablet, and powders.


This method has been applied to simulate and analyze flow behavior in a wide range of disciplines including pharmaceutical and process engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, agricultural engineering and more.

We provide a combined software solution that supports co-simulation between EDEM and RecurDyn multibody dynamics software.

The RecurDyn/EDEM co-simulation solution enables engineers designing heavy equipment (such as excavators, agricultural tractors, and off-road vehicles) to introduce realistic bulk material behaviors to their multi-body dynamics simulations. Other applications include modeling soil interaction for off-road vehicles (even lunar and Martian scenarios). This capability provides key insights into equipment-material interactions – leading to increased design accuracy and optimized performance.

Webinar: Optimizing Equipment Design with RecurDyn and EDEM

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