IP Library Granted Patent US 9,424,377
Granted Patent B2
US 9,424,377 · App. 14/080,194 · Granted Aug 23, 2016

Simulation method and simulation device

Inventor: Masaki Kazama (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
G06F17/5009G06F2217/16
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Patent No.
US 9,424,377
App. No.
14/080,194
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A state of a particle which was in a liquid state at a first time is calculated at a second time after the first time when a continuum including a liquid and a solid is represented by the plurality of particles. It is determined whether the particle has become a first solid particle at the second time. The first solid particle and all particles belonging to a solid which includes a second solid particle arranged in a predetermined range from the first solid particle are defined as particles belonging to the same solid when it is determined that the particle which was in the liquid state at the first time has become the first solid particle at the second time. The state of each of the particles belonging to the same solid is calculated using an equation of motion of a rigid body.

Claims (20)

1. A computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a simulation program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

calculating a state of a particle which was in a liquid state at a first time among a plurality of particles at a second time after the first time when a continuum including a liquid and a solid is represented by the plurality of particles;

determining whether the particle which was in the liquid state at the first time has become a first solid particle at the second time on the basis of the state of the particle at the second time;

defining the first solid particle and all particles belonging to a solid which includes a second solid particle arranged in a predetermined range from the first solid particle as particles belonging to the same solid when it is determined that the particle which was in the liquid state at the first time has become the first solid particle at the second time; and

calculating the state of each of the particles belonging to the same solid using an equation of motion of a rigid body.

2. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein, the defining defines, when the first solid particle and all particles belonging to the solid which includes the second solid particle are defined as the particles belonging to the same solid and there is a plurality of solids which include the second solid particle arranged in the predetermined range from the first solid particle, the first solid particle and all particles belonging to the plurality of solids which include the second solid particle as the particles belonging to the same solid.

3. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the process further comprising:

calculating a state of a particle which was in a solid state at a third time among the plurality of particles at a fourth time after the third time;

determining whether the particle which was in the solid state at the third time has become a first liquid particle at the fourth time on the basis of the state of the particle at the fourth time;

defining all particles belonging to a solid including the particle which was in the solid state at the third time and other particles arranged in a predetermined range of each of all particles belonging to the solid including the particle which was in the solid state at the third time as particles belonging to the same solid when it is determined that the particle which was in the solid state at the third time has become the first liquid particle at the fourth time; and

calculating the state of each of the particles belonging to the same solid using the equation of motion of the rigid body.

4. A simulation method that causes a computer to perform:

calculating a state of a particle which was in a liquid state at a first time among a plurality of particles at a second time after the first time when a continuum including a liquid and a solid is represented by the plurality of particles;

determining whether the particle which was in the liquid state at the first time has become a first solid particle at the second time on the basis of the state of the particle at the second time;

defining the first solid particle and all particles belonging to a solid which includes a second solid particle arranged in a predetermined range from the first solid particle as particles belonging to the same solid when it is determined that the particle which was in the liquid state at the first time has become the first solid particle at the second time; and

calculating the state of each of the particles belonging to the same solid using an equation of motion of a rigid body.

5. A simulation device comprising:

a calculation unit that calculates a state of a particle which was a liquid state at a first time among a plurality of particles at a second time after the first time when a continuum including a liquid and a solid is represented by the plurality of particles, and calculates the state of each particle belonging to the defined same solid using an equation of motion of a rigid body;

a determination unit that determines whether the particle which was in the liquid state at the first time has become a first solid particle at the second time on the basis of the state of the particle at the second time; and

a definition unit that defines the first solid particle and all particles belonging to a solid which includes a second solid particle arranged in a predetermined range from the first solid particle as particles belonging to the same solid when it is determined that the particle which was in the liquid state at the first time has become the first solid particle at the second time.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ORIGINAL COVER SHEET BY REMOVING PATENT NUMBER 10586039 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 69272 FRAME 546. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FSAS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 070764/0091 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2024
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FSAS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 069272/0546 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2013
From: KAZAMA, MASAKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031709/0893 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-016206 · Jan 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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