We are excited to announce the launch of our latest software offering: Irazu Creator. Say goodbye to endless hours spent on model preparation and mesh generation. With Irazu Creator, advanced meshing and pre-processing capabilities streamline your CAD to analysis process for quality solutions. Our team has worked tirelessly to create a powerful and intuitive software package that simplifies your workflow, … Read more
When you think about the future, what comes to mind? Maybe flying cars or robots that can do our laundry? While these advancements are certainly exciting, they all have one thing in common: they rely on minerals and rocks. It’s true. From the metaverse to driverless vehicles, healthcare to smart housing, and food production to … Read more
Numerical modelling is a tool that is commonly employed in practice to aid in the design and analysis of engineering problems. Getting started with any new modelling software can be a daunting task. As experienced Irazu users, a hybrid finite-discrete element method (FDEM) modelling software, we would like to share some tips, tricks and best … Read more
The computational engine of Irazu simulation software is based on the finite-discrete element method. This inherently means that Irazu is equipped with a finite element solver (FEM). The FEM solver uses linear elastic constitutive laws (isotropic and transversely isotropic) and solves the equations of motion using an explicit time integration scheme. Therefore, it is well … Read more
Irazu makes use of state-of-the-art high performance computing techniques to speed-up computations. In particular, we use GPU (graphics processing unit) computing on consumer-grade AMD graphics cards. To demonstrate the improvement in computation speed, five uniaxial compression strength (UCS) tests with an increasing number of finite elements were simulated using Irazu and the sequential CPU code … Read more