COMSOL Day: Simulation Apps & Digital Twins
See what is possible with multiphysics modeling
Modeling and simulation is no longer limited to the expertise of a few individuals within an organization. The availability of simulation tools throughout the product or process design workflow — from R&D to the factory floor — allows for a more collaborative and innovative approach to problem-solving. Now, even those without prior modeling knowledge can contribute to the process, leveraging the expertise of modeling experts and advanced techniques like digital twins and surrogate models.
To facilitate this collaboration, the Application Builder in COMSOL Multiphysics® allows modeling experts to create custom apps with user-friendly interfaces that can be used by scientists and engineers without modeling experience. Taking this a step further, COMSOL Compiler™ enables organization-wide use of standalone simulation apps without licensing restrictions.
By using the Application Builder and COMSOL Compiler™ together with the COMSOL Multiphysics® platform's built-in Model Builder and Model Manager tools, engineering organizations can establish an efficient, collaborative, simulation-based environment, supported by the realistic and predictive capabilities of digital twins and surrogate models.
Join us for this COMSOL Day to learn how the Application Builder and COMSOL Compiler™ can revolutionize your organization's approach to simulation, making advanced tools accessible and fostering a culture of collaborative innovation.
Schedule
Physics-based simulation apps can be customized for specific needs and used to democratize access to advanced simulation tools among a broader community of engineers and scientists. With COMSOL Compiler™, you can transform these simulation apps into standalone executable files that can be distributed and run without license restrictions. This functionality enables more project stakeholders from various teams to leverage modeling and simulation, facilitating interactive, real-time decision-making based on accurate results.
New functionality in COMSOL Multiphysics® for creating surrogate models further enhances this capability, enabling lightning-fast simulation apps that provide a highly interactive user experience. Surrogate models also allow simulation apps to be integrated into digital twins, expanding their real-world applications.
Join us in this session to get an overview of this COMSOL Day, throughout which we will explore simulation apps, digital twins, and surrogate models. We will also highlight how customers have saved both time and resources by creating and using compiled simulation apps and digital twins.
Dr. Mark-Paul Buckingham, Xi Engineering Consultants
At Xi Engineering Consultants, digital twins aren’t just buzzwords — they’re live, scalable, and driving real results. In this keynote talk, Dr. Mark-Paul Buckingham will discuss how multiphysics modeling with COMSOL® powers the creation of digital twins that help their clients optimize designs, extend asset life, and predict and prevent failure. He will show how these models are already in use across sectors like renewables, battery technology, industrial machinery, and infrastructure — reducing downtime and unlocking innovation. Whether you're looking to gain deeper insight into complex systems or streamline your development process, this talk will demonstrate how combining the right physics with real-world data turns digital twins into game changers.
In this session, we will cover the capabilities of the COMSOL Multiphysics® software for developing user-friendly simulation apps and digital twins. We will demonstrate how the Application Builder is used to quickly create simulation apps with custom user interfaces that anyone can use.
The session will also cover the new features in COMSOL Multiphysics® for data-driven surrogate models and timer events, which are essential for creating responsive, interactive digital twins.
Join us to learn how these tools are transforming the use of simulation technology.
Carlos Moreno, WMG, University of Warwick
The final cooling phase on the run-out table is crucial in determining the mechanical properties of hot-rolled steel strips. Precise control of this process is essential for achieving the desired material characteristics, making real-time monitoring and predictive modeling invaluable tools for steel manufacturers.
In this keynote talk, Carlos Moreno will discuss the development and implementation of a digital twin for the run-out table cooling process, leveraging the COMSOL Multiphysics® software, LiveLink™ for MATLAB®, JMatPro®, and the Application Builder (part of COMSOL Multiphysics®). A large amount of experimental data is used to construct a detailed convective heat transfer boundary condition, optimized to match experimental measurements. Additionally, material and phase change properties are incorporated from specialized software, such as JMatPro®, to accurately capture phase transformations during the cooling process. The integration of data analysis and optimization capabilities from MATLAB®, along with JMatPro®, into the Model Builder in COMSOL Multiphysics®, enables fine-tuning of process parameters, ensuring high accuracy in predicting the steel’s final microstructure.
Upon validation, a COMSOL® app has been developed to provide a user-friendly interface on COMSOL Server™. The app has been used by researchers to assess the influence of various parameters, such as cooling patterns or steel composition, on microstructure development.
Simulation-data-driven surrogate models in COMSOL Multiphysics® significantly increase computational speed while maintaining the same accuracy within their applicable data ranges as high-fidelity multiphysics models, making them useful for efficiently approximating simulation results.
COMSOL Multiphysics® provides an ideal environment for generating the physics-based training datasets used by surrogate models. These models can be incorporated into simulation apps, leading to a more interactive user experience and encouraging broader use of simulation within organizations.
Join us in this session to learn more about creating surrogate models. We will present techniques for effective data generation using design-of-experiments methods and walk through the subsequent steps to train a surrogate model. We will also demonstrate how to incorporate surrogate models into simulations apps.
Register for COMSOL Day: Simulation Apps & Digital Twins
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COMSOL Day Details
May 15, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. BST (UTC+01:00)
Invited Speakers
Dr. Mark-Paul Buckingham is the managing director of Xi Engineering Consultants, an innovative engineering firm based in Edinburgh. He has been actively engaged in onshore and offshore wind projects for the past 15 years and sits on the International Standards Organization (ISO) group for wind turbines. He is also an active member of both RenewableUk and Scottish Renewables.
Xi’s work, led by Dr. Buckingham, is often responsible for reducing barriers to deployment of renewables. He was responsible for freeing up over 1 GW of onshore development in Scotland due to seismic vibration levels of turbines. This work was conducted for the Eskdalemuir Working Group formed of DECC, MOD, Scottish Government, RenewableUK, Scottish Renewables, and several wind turbine deployment companies. Xi Engineering Consultants assists wind turbine developers to understand the impact of acoustics and vibrations to mitigate these concerns and develop sites. Dr. Buckingham also has extensive experience in working within both public and private sectors and his role includes assistance in the development of standards. He has also led Xi Engineering Consultants to numerous solutions resolving issues relating to wind turbines around the world. He has extensive experience working directly with manufacturers to improve their devices and the developers/operators of such systems.
Dr. Buckingham has a bachelor’s with first class honors in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh. He completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh School Of Mechanical Engineering, focusing on the dynamics of complex composite structures. The PhD thesis covered the measurement and reduction of vibrations within various systems and structures. He is also an associate member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Carlos Moreno is a research fellow at WMG, the University of Warwick, specializing in digital twins for steel manufacturing processes within the Advanced Steel Research Centre. He holds an engineering doctorate in crashworthiness from the University of Warwick.
Moreno uses the COMSOL Multiphysics® software to develop high-fidelity models that optimize steel production through advanced simulation techniques. Prior to academia, he spent 15 years in industry, where he focused on crash analysis and the development of innovative railway buffers, leveraging structural and thermal simulation to enhance rail safety.