Fluid Mechanics (CFD)

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COMSOL Reveals Unknown Effects in Process InstrumentationCFD:
COMSOL Reveals Unknown Effects in Process Instrumentation

MKS Instruments, Wilmington, MA
Modeling has become invaluable in MKS Instruments' development of first-class mass-flow controllers for the process industry. They have gained a detailed...

Always Check Your Results!Teaching:
Always Check Your Results!

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Partial differential equations form the theoretical basis for ready-to-use modeling packages in transport phenomena. Understanding the implementation and...

Fine Tuning for Water PurificationCivil Engineering:
Fine Tuning for Water Purification

Amsterdam Water Supply (AWS), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Water Supply AWS of the Netherlands produces some of the cleanest drinking water in the world, almost 100 million cubic meters per year in fact....

Taking a Bearing on QualityPackaging:
Taking a Bearing on Quality

ASM Assembly Automation Ltd of Hong Kong
Porous air bearings are a critical element of high-precision machinery thanks to their essentially frictionless operation, high speed, and accuracy. Thanks to...

Fighting Fires Without WaterSafety:
Fighting Fires Without Water

UTRC, East Hartford, CT & Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
UTRC brings their vast experience to bear on designing ways to snuff out fires with inert gas. For their work, a single COMSOL file contains a number of...

Model Examples

Tilted Pad Thrust Bearing: Tilted pad thrust bearings are used in rotating machineries with high thrust loading. The... Electroosmotic Flow in Porous Media: This example treats the modeling of electroosmotic flow in porous media. The system...
Magnetic Drug Targeting: Current research on methods to target chemotherapy drugs in the human body includes the... Free Convection in a Water Glass: This model treats the free convection and heat transfer of a glass of cold water...
Free Convection in Porous Medium: This example treats the modeling of sub-surface flow where free convection in porous... Shock Tube: A shock tube is a device for studying shock waves. Prior to starting an experiment, a diaphragm inside the...
Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger: Shell and tube heat exchangers are commonly used in oil refineries and other large... Sloshing Tank: Transport of large quantities of fluid can happen in unstable environments. A perfect example is an oil...
Thermal Modeling of a Microchannel Heatsink: Thermal management has become a critical aspect of today’s electronic... Three Dimensional Wall Jet Flow in a Stirred Tank: This model shows how to build a mixer model from a mixer application....
Swirl Flow Around a Rotating Disk: Swirl flow is an application that involves steady rotational flow around an axis.... Rock Fracture Flow: A potential flow model of fluid flow in a rock fracture uses the so-called Reynolds equation. It...
Marangoni Convection: Marangoni convection occurs when the surface tension of an interface (generally liquid-air)... Flow in an Airlift Loop Reactor: This example illustrates multiphase flow modeling in an airlift loop reactor. The...
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