multisphere: a Python implementation of the Multi Sphere Shape generator (MSS) for DEM simulations

TL;DR

multisphere is an open-source Python package that creates multi-sphere models of complex particles for DEM simulations, including tools for visualization and evaluation.

Contribution

It introduces a Python tool for generating multi-sphere particle representations from surface meshes and voxel data, facilitating DEM simulations.

Findings

Enables accurate multi-sphere modeling of complex particles.

Provides visualization and evaluation tools for particle models.

Supports export for use in DEM simulations.

Abstract

multisphere is an open-source Python package for generating multi-sphere representations of complex particles for use in DEM simulations. It reconstructs triangulated surface meshes and voxelized volumes as sets of intersecting spheres and provides tools for evaluation, visualization, and export.