Technical Papers and Presentations

This poster describes a simulation of reverse saturable absorption in a solution C60 molecules using the COMSOL Multiphysics® software. The optical processes in C60 can be modeled through a five-level system. The energy states include three levels of the singlet state, coupled to two ... Read More

Over time, rechargeable batteries degrade and eventually stop working. You see some combination of declining capacity, rapid self-discharge, and reduced power. Degradation mode depends on battery design, but also on the application. Often, multiple physical processes contribute to ... Read More

Flow, concentration and temperature fields are studied with numerical and experimental methods inside a scaled-up fuel cell anode channel model. The low aspect ratio channel has a porous medium as the inferior wall where a mixing of different pH solutions occurs. Chromatic change of ... Read More

Over the last decade, ambient vibration energy harvesting by piezoelectric materials has been an area of extensive research. This technology enables to convert wasted mechanical energy available in our environment into useful electrical energy to power up autonomous wireless sensors ... Read More

空芯光子晶体光纤（HC-PCFs）具有不同于传统光纤的带隙导光机制，在光通信系统、高功率激光器、工业制造和生物医疗等许多领域有广阔的应用前景。随着光纤拉制技术的不断进步，不同纤芯结构的 HC-PCFs 出现并带来了更好的光传输特性（图1）。通过设计新的纤芯形状，并运用 COMSOL Multiphysics® 中的 RF 模块进行仿真，可以研究各种纤芯 HC-PCFs 的模式（图2）、泄漏损耗（图3）和波导色散（图4）等特性。结果表明：设计的内凹圆化形纤芯 HC-PCFs 比传统的正十二边形纤芯 HC-PCFs 有更低的泄漏损耗和波导色散，而设计的内凹直线形纤芯 HC ... Read More

Acoustic vibrations are studied for several objects through the application of computational and optical diagnostic techniques. Computational studies are carried out using the eigenfrequency analysis option in the COMSOL structural mechanics application mode, whereas experimental optical ... Read More

干式变压器作为城区供电的重要电力设备，其连续运行时的振动噪声问题已成为制约其发展和应用的瓶颈，铁心的振动噪声不仅会对人们的生活环境造成污染，而且会降低设备的可靠性。由于该问题涉及电磁-机械-声多物理场耦合，铁心振动噪声的准确计算是研究此问题的关键。为此本文基于硅钢片磁特性的测量数据，并考虑铁心磁致伸缩效应，采用 COMSOL Multiphysics 多物理场仿真软件，通过 AC/DC 模块、声-固耦合模块对变压器铁心的应力、声压级分布进行研究，并提出优化控制方法。首先进行场路耦合计算，得到铁心磁场分布及应力分布，最后基于振动位移计算变压器的噪声情况 ... Read More

Introduction With the vast development in the aerospace industry it is inevitable that currently used materials such as Nickel based super alloys will soon reach its peak performance. Hence developing alternative materials with similar properties that could be enhanced further is ... Read More

MEMS resonators have been recently adopted in a wide variety of timing, sensing, and actuation applications. The ability to control the dynamics of resonance, namely the resonance frequency and quality factor of these resonators is crucial in achieving high precision performance within ... Read More

Dedicated work in modeling, simulation and design optimization of Lithium-ion Battery (LIBs) was done in the past decades, and still, the most widely used one for electrochemical processes is the Newman model. [1] The underlying parameters are treated deterministically, but the impact of ... Read More