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Engineers, researchers, and scientists across industries use multiphysics simulation to research and develop innovative product designs and processes. Find inspiration in technical papers and presentations they have presented at the COMSOL Conference. Browse the selection below or use the Quick Search tool to find a specific presentation or filter by application area.


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Computational Fluid Dynamicsx

A Preliminary Design of a Hydrodynamic Microtrap for Capturing Aqueous Droplets in Oil Media

E. McDaniel1, S. P. Burugupally1
1Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA

Droplet-based microfluidic systems are emerging as an ideal platform for the high-throughput screening of eukaryotic cells aimed to understand the complex, multidimensional, and dynamic biological processes [1]. Here, aqueous droplets – containing the eukaryotic cells – suspended in oil ... Read More

Simulation and Validation of Pollutant Transport in Rivers Using COMSOL Multiphysics®

L. J. Matel1
1Green Streets Infrastructure LLC, Washington, D.C, USA

Our atmosphere, land, and water are being continuously besieged by pollutants caused by such events as heavy metals leaching from mine tailing ponds, chemical spills from railroad and truck tanker accidents, and petroleum pipeline failures, to name just a few. These environmental insults ... Read More

Simulation of Electrothermoplasmonic Flow Around an Array of Gold Nanoantennas for Plasmonic Sensing

E. Ruiz-Reina1, R.A. Rica2, J. García3, R. Quidant4
1University of Málaga, Spain
2University of Granada, Spain
3ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, Barcelona In
4ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Ava

Plasmonic-based biosensors have emerged as a powerful, cost effective and portable platform for phatogen and biomarker detection. In particular, Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) based systems, which rely on resonance shift tracking, present high sensitivity, specificity and ... Read More

Equation-Based Adsorption Modeling for Aqueous Inorganic Species in Cylindrical Porous Media

J. Kim1, A. Morgott1, Z. Wu1, A. Puroll1, M. Miles1, W. Stoner1, Q. Li2
1Access Business Group, Ada, MI, USA
2Rice University/NSF ERC for NEWT, Houston, TX, USA

Numerous adsorptive media have been evaluated for the removal of inorganic contaminants in water, such as harmful heavy metals, toxic oxyanions, and radioactive species. Due to the complexity of water chemistry and chemical reactions at adsorptive media surface, lab-scale adsorption ... Read More

Transient Analysis of a Droplet Approaching an Interface in Microfluidics

P. Chandana[1], V. Gundabala[1]
[1]IIT Bombay, India

A lot of experiments and simulations have been performed by various research groupsin the area of collision of a liquid drop with liquid or solid surface, but most of thestudies have been performed for an open environment (external coalescence). In thepresent work, we have numerically ... Read More

Numerical Modeling of Airflow in Tissue Engineered Trachea

A. Bit[1]
[1]National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India

Life saving organ trachea has been tissue engineered in bioreactors. A dynamic bioreactor is a more suitable bioreactor for effective sustainability of a tissue engineered trachea. In this study, numerical modeling is performed for evaluating shear stress developed due to flow of various ... Read More

Comparison of Dispersion Model for Spheres of Varying Geometry

M. Kalane[1], S. Mishra[1], S. Dhar[1], V. Shenoy[1], N. Sakpal[2], A. Agwan[2], S. Patwardhan[1]
[1]MITWPU, Pune, India
[2]Techniche Engineering Private Limited, India

Manufacturing of an apparatus for experimental purpose pose certain difficulties due to the process involved. For a 20L perfect sphere, manufacturing by forging or any other process is not economical, due to which the equipment is manufactured with modified dimensions. This paper aims to ... Read More

Comparison and Optimization of MRF Dampers Performance with Different Piston Coil Winding Orientation using COMSOL Multiphysics®

P. Singh[1], S. Panda[2]
[1]Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
[2]IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India

Undesirable shocks and vibrations are a noteworthy issue in numerous human exercises and domains. Therefore, various damping techniques are used to minimise vibrations, can be classified as active, Semi-active and passive damping. The development of semi-actively controlled ... Read More

Numerical Simulation of Melt Hydrodynamics in Laser Micro Processing using COMSOL Multiphysics®

S. Sharma[1], J. Ramkumar[1], S. Ramakrishna[1]
[1]IIT Kanpur, India

Laser material processing at micro-meter domain can be used for a plethora of applications such as micro drilling, micro welding, micro cutting, micro-texturing as well as micro polishing. These processes are governed by the time varying, complex melt hydrodynamics courtesy of melting ... Read More

Electronic Thermal Control using Heat Sink for Chip Cooling under Forced Convection

S. Durgam[1], M. Nandgaonkar[1], C. Sewatkar[1], M. Khond[1], P. Deshmukh[1], S. Tapase[1]
[1]College of Engineering Pune, India

This paper presents numerical investigation of electronic thermal control using heat sink for integrated circuit (IC) chip cooling under forced convection in a horizontal channel. Steady state, three dimensional, incompressible, laminar forced convection cooling of chip attached with ... Read More