This paper deals with an integrated numerical and experimental analysis work aiming at the investigation of the thermal distribution inside an industrial furnace built for metal materials treatments. The main goal of the research is to... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan G. Petrone1 , A. Adorisio2 , S. Adorisio2 , M. Calderisi3 , A. Cecchi3 , M. Scionti1 , F. Turchi3 1 BE CAE & Test, Catania, Italy 2 Gadda Industrie, Ivrea, Italy 3 Laboratori Archa, Pisa, Italy
VRALA is the ideal candidate as an Adaptive Optics actuator at visible wavelengths. Its electric characteristics variations, suitable current commands, and an effective magnetic circuit geometry provide a 2 kHz correction bandwidth and a... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan C. Del Vecchio1 , G. Agapito1 , L. Carbonaro1 , F. Marignetti2 , E. De Santis2 , Y. Coia2 1 National Institute for Astrophysics, Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Firenze, Italy 2 University of Cassino and Southern Latium, Cassino, Italy
Turbine blades are coated with thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) to reduce operating temperature. TBCs experience stress from coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch with the bond-coat and substrate. Vertical cracks are thought to offer... COMSOL Conference 2012, Boston C. Heveran1 , J. Xu1 , D. Cole2 , S. Basu1 , V. Sarin1 1 Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Brookline, MA, USA 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Brookline, MA, USA
Determination of Estrogen Receptor [ER] status is a key in detecting cancer pathogenesis at early stage. In our work we discuss Near Infrared Fluorescence [NIRf] Molecule Optical Imaging Diagnostic modality for early detection of breast... COMSOL Conference 2012, Bangalore Francis .K. J.1 , I. Jose1 1 Christ University,Bangalore, Karnataka,India
Introduction: Medium voltage reclosers are representing nowadays an important link between transmission power systems and low voltage grids. With a high level of renewable energy penetration, the medium voltage networks are becoming... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan O. Craciun1 , V. Biagini1 , G. Mechler1 , G. Stengel1 , C. Reuber2 , A. van der Linden3 1 ABB Corporate Research, Ladenburg, Germany 2 ABB Calor Emag, Hanau, Germany 3 COMSOL, Göttingen, Germany
This paper proposes a framework for an efficient integration between geometric modeling program and analysis tool for a coming automated aerodynamic design optimization mission. This demand can be addressed by using both in-house codes... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan A. Safari1 , H. Lemu G.1 , H. Severson1 1 University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
Glass products are widely diffuse in the everyday reality. An interesting glass application field, from a technological point of view, is the transportation area. The automotive industry always needs for more complex shape of windscreen... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan R. Carbone1 1 Material and Production Engineering Department, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
This work focuses on the numerical analysis conducted on the prototype sensor for the measurement of highly concentrated radiative heat fluxes, based on an inverse heat transfer method, realized at the ENEA Portici Research Center in... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan L. Mongibello1 , N. Bianco2 , R. Fucci1 , F. Moscariello2 1 ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Portici, Italy 2 DETEC - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Electron-optical system (EOS) design for lithography provides the inherent advantage of higher resolution and maskless operation relative to optical technology. The use of multiple electron beams yields higher throughput, albeit with... COMSOL Conference 2012, Taipei Sheng-Yung Chen 1 , Kuen-Yu Tsai 1 1 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Introduction: The dual electromagnet configuration of Active Magnetic Levitation system (AML) where the electromagnets are locate opposite to each other, constitutes and single axis of the Active Magnetic Bearing. The same configuration... COMSOL Conference 2012, Milan A.K. Pi?at1 1 AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Nanoscale structural analysis and design is presented. All the simulations are carried out using a finite element solver and optimization is performed using parameter and topology optimization schemes. It is concluded that COMSOL is... COMSOL Conference 2012, Seoul J. Yoo1 , H. Soh2 , J. Choi3 , S. Song4 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea 2 Hyundai Motor Co., Korea 3 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea 4 Mando Co., Korea
The optimal design of the grating coupler for surface plasmon generation is revisited for its interdisciplinary importance in the efficient use of energy, and the strong dependence of the energy convergence rate of the system on the... COMSOL Conference 2012, Boston C. Caiseda1 , V. Aksyuk2 , I. Griva3 1 Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon, PR, USA 2 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA 3 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
The optimal orientations of different single-photon detector designs were determined by COMSOL software package. Absorption of niobium-nitride (NbN) stripes in two different (p=220 nm, 3p=660 nm) periodic patterns integrated with... COMSOL Conference 2012, Boston M. Csete1 , Á. Sipos1 , A. Szalai1 , G. Szabó1 1 Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
