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

Minimizing the Flow Velocity in a Microchannel: Topology optimization of the Navier-Stokes equations is encountered in... Modeling Nonisothermal Flow with Gravity Volume Forces: The influence of gravity on the flow pattern is often an...
Laminar Static Mixer: In static mixers, also called motionless or in-line mixers, a fluid is pumped through a pipe... Jet Instability - Moving Mesh and Level Set Models: The Marangoni effect results in a slip velocity in the tangential...
Non-Isothermal Flow in a 2D Mixer: This model illustrates the modeling of temperature distribution in a simplified mixer. Non-Isothermal Flow Around a Cooling Device: This model shows the application of COMSOL Multiphysics in the modeling of...
NACA 0012 Airfoil: This model simulates the flow around an inclined NACA 0012 airfoil at different angles of attack... Knudsen's Minimum: When a constant pressure difference drives flow through a narrow constriction between parallel plates...
Optimization of a Catalytic Microreactor: In this model, a solution is pumped through a catalytic bed where a solute... Inclined Screen: This model simulates the flow through a uniform inclined screen using the Screen feature in...
Heated Vertical Plate: This model shows the application of COMSOL Multiphysics in modeling the non-isothermal flow of... Stationary Incompressible Flow over a Backstep using Argyris Elements: This model examines the physics of plane,...
Vibrations in a Milk Container: This example illustrates a multiphysics application that involves a fluid-structure... Gate Valve in Pipe Branch: A gate valve in a piping branch point is simulated using high viscosity in the gate itself. ...