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Building an App to Optimize the Design of an SOFC Stack
A guest blogger from resolvent ApS discusses creating a user-friendly simulation app to efficiently analyze a solid oxide fuel cell stack.
Compressibility Options and Buoyancy Forces for Flow Simulations
Here, we cover the various formulations for fluid flow equations in COMSOL Multiphysics® and when it’s best to use each option.
Efficiently Mesh Your Model Geometry with Meshing Sequences
Meshing is one of the most memory-intensive steps when setting up and solving a finite element model. With a user-controlled mesh, you can reduce memory requirements while getting accurate results.
How to Build Gear Geometries in the Multibody Dynamics Module
You can use the built-in, highly parameterized gear parts in the Part Library to build a wide range of parallel and planetary gear trains for analysis in the COMSOL® software. Learn how here.
Optimizing the Hydration Operation in the Thermal Processing of Dates
To optimize the hydration process for dates, a team of researchers turned to experimental studies and simulation analyses. Learn more here.
Design an App to Efficiently Model the Flash Method Procedure
The flash method is widely used to measure the thermal conductivity of materials. The Flash Method demo app can be used to perform a numerical simulation of the flash method procedure.
Part 2: Modeling the Harmonic Excitations of Nonlinear Systems
Learn how to model the harmonic excitations of a linear system in COMSOL Multiphysics® in this comprehensive tutorial post. Part 2 of 2.
Part 1: Modeling the Harmonic Excitations of Linear Systems
Learn how to model the harmonic excitations of a nonlinear system in COMSOL Multiphysics® in this comprehensive tutorial post. Part 1 of 2.
ABB Minimizes Transformer Hum with Simulation
A team of engineers at ABB Corporate Research Center simulated the acoustic, electromagnetic, and mechanical behavior in their transformer system designs to mitigate noise pollution.
Autonomous Vehicles: Putting Technology in the Driver’s Seat
Explore the future of autonomous vehicles and the design challenges and technical considerations required to make them a viable option for the future of transportation.
How to Model Contact Fatigue in COMSOL Multiphysics®
Contact fatigue occurs when two parts in contact experience a time-dependent contact pressure. Learn how to model this structural phenomenon in COMSOL Multiphysics®.
Streamline Your Simulation Workflow with Named Selections
Learn how to use named selections to streamline your simulation workflow in COMSOL Multiphysics®. Includes step-by-step instructions and an embedded tutorial video.
Evaluating Microphones and Transducers with Simulation
Research teams at Brüel & Kjær, an industry leader in sound and vibration measurement, use multiphysics simulation to model their microphone and transducer designs. Read the full story.
Using Apps to Optimize Induction Heating for Food Processing
Numerical modeling apps can be used to accelerate the optimization of induction heating processes for food processing applications.
Producing Safe Drinking Water with a Novel Nanoparticle Biofoam
Nanoparticle biofoam could be a cost-effective, easy method to purify water, which could help with the major global initiative to provide an efficient method for generating safe drinking water.
How to Model Adhesion and Decohesion in COMSOL Multiphysics
Did you know you can simulate objects that stick together once they come in contact (adhesion) as well as those that pull apart (decohesion), including full cohesive-zone modeling?
How to Build a Parameterized Archimedean Spiral Geometry
Learn how to build a parameterized geometry of an Archimedean spiral by using analytic equations and their derivatives to define a set of spiral curves.
University of Buffalo Fosters Industrial Innovation with Apps
Take a look at how a team from the University of Buffalo designed multiphysics models and simulation apps to spread modeling expertise to a broader range of industries.
Particle Tracing in a Component of a Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
Use multiphysics simulation to analyze the design of quadrupole mass filters (the key component of quadrupole mass spectrometers) and investigate the effect of fringe fields on these devices.
Evaluating an Insulin Micropump Design for Treating Diabetes
Researchers from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology used simulation to develop a MEMS-based micropump that could administer insulin injections in a safe and painless way.
Analyzing the Design of a Thermoelectric Device for Cryotherapy
Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. turned to simulation to investigate the potential of using a thermoelectric cooler, or Peltier device, to cool a cryogenic probe.
Do Bumblebees Use Their Hairs or Antennae for Electroreception?
A research team at the University of Bristol combined the power of physical experiments and simulation to study how exactly bumblebees use electroreception.
How to Analyze an Induction Motor: A TEAM Benchmark Model
In this blog post, we demonstrate the modeling of the three-phase induction motor described in Testing Electromagnetic Analysis Methods (TEAM) workshop problem 30a.
How to Dynamically Modify Geometries in Simulation Apps
We demonstrate how to use the Method Editor to create an app for: 1.) dynamically creating and modifying geometry parts and 2.) applying appropriate physical specifications and mesh.