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Ensure Accurate Expansion Fan Results with a Benchmark Model
When a supersonic flow turns around a convex corner, it causes an expansion fan. You can analyze this phenomenon in COMSOL Multiphysics® with a validated benchmark.

How to Couple a Full-Wave Simulation to a Ray-Tracing Simulation
Learn how to couple full-wave and ray-tracing simulations in a model with a nonhomogenous domain around the antenna. Part 4 of a series on multiscale modeling in high-frequency electromagnetics.

Using the COMSOL Website Resources for Modeling and Software Help
The COMSOL website includes many helpful features and resources, including the COMSOL Blog (you’re on it right now), the Video Gallery, the Application Gallery, and more.

Using the Discontinuous Galerkin Method to Model Linear Ultrasound
You can easily model acoustically large problems, like linear ultrasound, with a predefined physics interface that uses a memory-efficient approach called the discontinuous Galerkin method.

Finding the Best Coal Arrangement for Even Heat in a Grill
Pizza on the grill? It’s actually quite delicious. Here, we use heat transfer modeling to determine how the grill’s coals should be arranged for even heating.

Introducing the #myCOMSOLtip Video Series
The #myCOMSOLtip video series includes short modeling tips and tricks from COMSOL engineers and users alike. Watch a few of the videos from the collection and learn more about them.

Generate Custom Magnetic Prospecting Analyses by Designing an App
Magnetic prospecting is a technique that can be used to find valuable iron ore deposits. Using a simulation application, you can evaluate magnetic prospecting processes with customized analyses.

Keynote Video: Solving 2 Transport Process Problems with Simulation
In a keynote presentation from the COMSOL Conference 2016 Boston, Carl Meinhart from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Numerical Design discusses simulating transport processes.

How to Couple Radiating and Receiving Antennas in Your Simulations
Learn how to couple radiating and receiving antennas in your simulations by using the scattered field formulation. Part 3 of a series on multiscale modeling in high-frequency electromagnetics.

Keynote Video: Locating Leaks in Pipe Networks with a Simulation App
Sebastien Perrier of Echologics discusses a simulation application used to locate leaks in underground pipe networks in his keynote presentation at the COMSOL Conference 2016 Boston.

Modeling the Performance of an Evaporative Emission Control System
Researchers turned to COMSOL Multiphysics to model the adsorption and desorption in an evaporative emissions control system for enhanced automotive efficiency.

2 Methods for Simulating Radiated Fields in COMSOL Multiphysics®
2 ways to model radiated fields: the Far-Field Domain node and the Electromagnetic Waves, Beam Envelopes interface. Part 2 of a series on multiscale modeling in high-frequency electromagnetics.

Introduction to Multiscale Modeling in High-Frequency Electromagnetics
Here’s an introduction to performing multiscale analyses of antennas and communication systems. Part 1 of a series on multiscale modeling in high-frequency electromagnetics.

Using the Help Tools in COMSOL Multiphysics® for Modeling Guidance
Within the COMSOL Multiphysics® software, you have access to Help tools to guide you along your modeling process, including the Help, Documentation, and Application Libraries windows.

How to Model an Anechoic Coating
Modeling an anechoic coating involves finding the smallest unit cell, truncating the geometry, and analyzing the wave diffration. The COMSOL® software includes predefined interfaces to do so.

Designing Inkjet Printheads for Precise Material Deposition
The design of an inkjet printhead nozzle is important in order for the device to have precise material deposition, whether it is used in a 2D or 3D printer.

Keynote Video: Combining First Principles Thinking and Modeling
Bernard McGarvey of Eli Lilly and Company discusses the combination of first principles thinking and modeling at the COMSOL Conference 2016 Boston.

Perform Rotordynamic Analyses of a Reciprocating Engine’s Crankshaft
You can use the Rotordynamics Module, an add-on to COMSOL Multiphysics®, to analyze the design of a crankshaft for a reciprocating engine.

How to Assign Fluid Pressure in CFD Simulations
What is the difference between relative and absolute pressure? Why does COMSOL Multiphysics® use relative pressure to solve CFD problems? Get answers here…

Investigating Whale Behavior with an Innovative Tagging Device
Using a durable tracking device, marine biologists and oceanographic researchers can enhance their understanding of whale behavior and investigate ocean conditions.

Simulation Delivers Reliable Results for Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors
With COMSOL Multiphysics®, you can easily couple multiphysics simulations to test MEMS device performance. Take a look at one example that showcases such capabilities.

Introduction to Modeling Natural Convection in COMSOL Multiphysics®
Electronics cooling, indoor climate systems, and environmental transport problems all rely on natural convection. Get an introduction to modeling this phenomenon in COMSOL Multiphysics®.

Optimize 3D Printers by Modeling the Glass-Transition Temperature
Interested in 3D printing? Find out how researchers from Bangladesh and the United States analyzed a 3D printer head via heat transfer simulation.

How to Run Simulations in Batch Mode from the Command Line
Your step-by-step guide to efficiently running COMSOL Multiphysics® simulations in Batch mode from the command line.