multisphere: a Python implementation of the Multi Sphere Shape generator (MSS) for DEM simulations
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. The code implements the reconstruction method presented in Buchele et al. (2026) [1].
Authors
- Felix Buchele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7199-2237)
- T. Pöschel
- A. Moradian
- P. Müller
Institutions
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SoftwareX
- Published
- 2026-06-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2026.102836
- Primary Topic
- Computational Physics and Python Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00