Whitening is one of the important processes in grain processing.In order to study brown rice breakage rate,we carried out discrete element simulation of brown rice whitening based on discrete element method and EDEM software platform.In simulation of brown rice particles breaking,by the Hertz-Mindlin bond model of discrete element method, " bond key" was used to bond the smaller spherical particles together,When the particle stress reached its breaking strength, " bond key" will be cracked,which can simulate effectively brown rice breaking....