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Multiphysics modeling and simulation drives innovation across industries and academia — as is evidenced by the many uses showcased in the technical papers and posters presented by engineers, researchers, and scientists at the COMSOL Conference each year.
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In plate tectonics, the relative motion between plates at a plate boundary generates tectonic stress, and most earthquakes occur at these plate boundaries. However, only a small proportion of earthquakes occur in plate interiors, such as the 1811–12 New Madrid Earthquake (8.1 Mw) in the ... Read More
Ice flows because at low stresses it deforms viscously; the viscosity depends upon the stress. The lubrication approximation (LA) states shear stress is proportional to the product of the ice depth and surface slope. At ice divides the slope and shear stress are zero meaning the ... Read More
Geological Carbon Storage (GCS) is viewed as a viable option to reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. In particular, CO2 injection into deep saline formations (DSF) has been the subject of numerous investigations during the last decade, including pilot and demonstration projects [Reiner ... Read More
For hydrogeologists pumping tests are the most common method to obtain characteristic aquifer properties, like transmissivity and storativity. For the evaluation of pumping tests it is common practice to compare field measurements and 1D analytical solutions. Numerical methods offer the ... Read More
Deep geological repositories (DGRs) are currently being proposed in several countries to deal with the nuclear waste. The safe long-term disposal of the waste is guaranteed by a multi-barrier system, which includes a natural barrier (host rocks) and an engineered barrier system. Large ... Read More
Bentonite based materials (BBM) are considered as ideal buffer materials for deep geological repository (DGR) for nuclear wastes because of several desirable properties, such as low permeability, high adsorption capacity and proper swelling ability (Guo and Fall 2018). However, gas ... Read More
煤炭地下气化就是将处于地下的煤炭直接进行有控制的燃烧，通过对煤的热作用及化学作用产生可燃气体的过程。煤炭地下气化过程中，随着气化工作面的扩展，燃空区范围不断扩大，煤层顶板产生裂隙甚至发生冒落，对地下气化稳定运行造成不确定影响。相较于常规井工开采造成的顶板垮落，气化过程会产生大量热，顶板在煤层温度场高温作用下因热膨胀产生热应力，改变顶板内热应力的分布，同时温度会对顶板岩石的抗压强度、抗折强度、比热容、导热系数等造成影响。研究随着燃空区的逐渐扩展，顶板在温度影响下的应力场分布，对研究煤炭地下气化过程中的顶板冒落规律有重要意义。 ... Read More
Differential Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy (DARS) was developed to examine changes in the resonant frequencies of a cavity perturbed by the introduction of a centimetre-sized sample. This laboratory-based measurement technique fills an experimental gap between the low-frequency stress ... Read More
预制装配式综合管廊具有工期短、成本低、质量高及占地少等诸多优势，目前对复杂工况下预制管廊结构以及管节连接处的受力性能还缺乏深入分析。为研究装配式预制综合管廊结构及其连接特性，以北京市通州区某文化旅游区预制综合管廊为研究背景，结合装配式综合管廊工程的施工过程，采用COMSOL有限元分析软件建立三维数值模型。管节与管节之间采用平口通缝拼装形式，构件纵向使用弧形螺栓连接，借助软件内置的螺栓组件模拟管廊纵向连接。建立管节安装、回填、运营三种工况，对管廊混凝土结构和连接螺栓的变形和受力进行分析，并提出结构存在安全隐患的区域和可能存在的破坏模式。 Read More