{"id":459225,"date":"2026-06-03T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/difference-between-particle-and-dpm-variables\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:00:14","slug":"difference-between-particle-and-dpm-variables","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/difference-between-particle-and-dpm-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between particle and DPM variables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the attached picture, is phi inside the summation a particle variable or DPM variable? As far as i understood DPM variables are cell averaged values of particle (lagrangian) variables. Am I correct? This is not very clear in the user guide because there is some mixed terms there.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/03-06-2026-1780466336-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-459225","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["459225"],"_bbp_subscription":["669668","199"],"_bbp_author_ip":["129.11.145.115"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["459267"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["459267"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-06-03 15:40:03"],"_bbp_reply_count":["6"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["669668","199"],"_btv_view_count":["81"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"aniruddhabose96gmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/459225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/459225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}