A crucial factor concerning modern reactors is a combination of laws and electro-technical rules defining appropriate produced sound levels. Currently, it is an important issue to reduce noise in order to fulfill all sound requirements.... COMSOL Conference 2007, Grenoble L. Verbruggen1, J. Kotiniitty2, and M. Lehtonen1 1Power Systems and High Voltage Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland 2Nokian Capacitors Ltd., Tampere, Finland
COMSOL Multiphysics software was used to structurally optimize the Wright brothers’ flyer. The flyer was drawn in SolidWorks, imported and meshed in COMSOL. COMSOL Solid Mechanics module was used to analyze the flyer. Four of the... COMSOL Conference 2012, Boston A.H. Aziz1 , H. Pourzand1 , A.K. Singh1 1 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Though used widely in weight measurement, load cell’s theory is tedious enough to practice. This paper explains and discusses how strain gauges and Wheatstone Bridges work, both of which are important components of the load cell. COMSOL... COMSOL Conference 2007, Taipei W. L. Wang, W. H. Liao, and C. G. Zeng Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, National Formosa University
Objective of this paper is the development and implementation of a finite element model, in a COMSOL Multiphysics context, for the prediction of the aeroelastic behavior of rotor blades. In particular, the attention is focused on new... COMSOL Conference 2010, Paris E. Piccione, G. Bernardini, and M. Gennaretti University Roma Tre Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Via della Vasca Navale, Rome, Italy
Musculoskeletal mineralised tissues (MMTs), like bone or tendon, are a prime example of naturally occuring, hierarchically structured material. They display a great variety in mechanical function but are all based on essentially the same... COMSOL Conference 2010, Paris A. Gerisch1 , S. Tiburtius1 , Q. Grimal2 , and K. Raum3 1 Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany 2 Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, France 3 Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
The study of deformation of an adhesively bonded sandwich structure reduces to solving the biharmonic equation for the Airy Stress subject to mixed boundary conditions. Because of the nature of the boundary conditions, this boundary value... COMSOL Conference 2010, Boston R. Malek-Madani, and J.J. Radice US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA
The complex behavior of biological prosthetic heart valves was simulated. A multiphysics computational approach was adopted using different modules of COMSOL Multiphysics: the LiveLink(TM) interface was used to exchange the valve geometry... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan A. Avanzini1 , D. Battini1 , M. Berardi1 1 Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Energy piles transfer the mechanical loads from buildings to the ground and serve as heat exchangers. Temperature changes in the ground influence its moisture content. This paper examines the effect of soil moisture content on the shaft... COMSOL Conference 2012, Boston E. Evgin1 , J.A.I. Sedano 1 , Z. Fu1 1 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
This paper will give a short overview of use of COMSOL Multiphysics for analyzing ancient Greek and Roman catapults with the main focus on the energy storing torsion springs. Catapults have been known and used in the Greek and Roman world... COMSOL Conference 2010, Paris K.M. Paasch Center for Product Development, Mads Clausen Institute, South Danish University, Denmark
The paper attempts to give a contribution to the dynamic analysis of musical instruments. A multidisciplinary approach oriented to the study of mechanical, structural, vibratory and acoustical phenomena related to stringed instruments is... COMSOL Conference 2008, Hannover E. Ravina Dept. of Mechanics and Machine Design, Research Centre on Choral and Instrumental Music (MUSICOS), University of Genoa, Italy
The press and blow (P&B) process is widely used to produce glass containers. While the P&B process has demonstrated to be capable of reducing container weight by as much as 33%, it can also induce the formation of micro-checks... COMSOL Conference 2008, Boston P. Ngankeu1 , and E. Gutierrez-Miravete2 1 EMHART Glass Research Inc, Windsor, CT, USA 2 Rensselaer at Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA
Introduction: We study an innovative technology for water bottling using PET, aimed at reducing the thickness of the plastic bottles. The goals are the reduction of the amount of plastic used for a single water bottle, the reduction of ... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan D. Scardigno1 , A. Castellano1 , P. Foti1 , A. Fraddosio1 , S. Marzano1 , M.D. Piccioni1 1 DICAR, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
In this study, we extend the Convolution-Perfectly Matched Layer (C-PML) method we have developed for a first order system describing elastic waves in velocity and stress formulation to the same equation written as a second order system... COMSOL Conference 2007, Grenoble O. Bou Matar1,2, E. Galopin1, Y. Li1,2, and O. Ducloux1,2 1Institut d'Electronique, de Micro-électroniqueet de Nanotechnologie, Villeneuve d'Acsq, France 2Laboratoire Européen Associé en MagnétoAcoustiqueNonlinéaire de la matière condensée (LEMAC), Ecole Centrale de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
A numerical analysis on transient three-dimensional temperature distribution in a semi-infinite solid, irradiated by a moving Gaussian laser beam, is carried out numerically by means of the code COMSOL Multiphysics. The investigated... COMSOL Conference 2008, Hannover N. Bianco1 , O. Manca2 , S. Nardini2 , and S. Tamburrino2 1 Dipartimento di Energetica, Termofluidodinamica applicata e Condizionamenti ambientali, Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale e Meccanica, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Aversa (CE), Italy
This paper deal of the forming process applied to the thermoplastic composites. A new thermoforming process that uses rubber particles collection as flexible mould was presented and numerically modeled. A characterization of the rubber in... COMSOL Conference 2009, Milan R. Carbone1 , V. Antonelli2 3 , A. Langella1 , and R. Marissen3 1 Material and Production Engineering Department, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy 2 Institute of Lightweight Structures, Technische Universität München, München, Germany 3 Design and Production of Composite Structure, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
The dynamic behavior of cable supported bridges subjected to moving loads and affected by corrosion and accidental failure mechanism in the cable suspension system is investigated. The different types of cable supported bridges are... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan P. Lonetti1 , A. Pascuzzo1 , R. Sarubbo1 1 Department of Structural Engineering, University of Calabria, Rende, Cosenza, Italy
The paper presents an implementation in COMSOL Multiphysics of Holzapfel's material model for the viscoelastic stress response of carbon-black filled rubber at large strains. The simulation uses the Structural Mechanics Module... COMSOL Conference 2006, Prague B. Marvalov Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
The fatigue is the most important criterion for the securities parts (brake system for example). The increasing use of shaped cast aluminium in the security automotive parts has focused interest on the fatigue of theses alloys. The... COMSOL Conference 2005, Boston Battaglia, J.L., Rozot, J.M. France
The incidence of spinal cord injury (SCI) in the US is approximately 12,000 individuals annually, due to various forms of trauma and disease. Diminished flow over a prolonged period of time can cause permanent spinal damage. We... COMSOL Conference 2012, Boston M. Alshareef1 , A. Alshareef2 , V. Krishna3 , M. Kindy3 , T. Shazly4 1 College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA 3 Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
This study is performed to know which central plate geometry is best suited for electrostatically actuated switch. The simulation is carried out in COMSOL Multiphysics, where user is free to model the geometry without depth knowledge... COMSOL Conference 2012, Bangalore K. M. V. Swamy1 , B. G. Sheeparamatti1 , G. R. Prakash 1 1 Department of Electronics and Communication, Basaveshwara Engineering College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India
