This paper describes an example of full fluid structure interaction. The 2D dynamics of a box-type pile-anchored floating breakwater is solved by means of two models using COMSOL Multiphysics . Simulated wave transmission and... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan L. Martinelli1 , and P. Ruol2 1 Università di Bologna 2 IMAGE, Università di Padova
3D model analysis of the temperature dynamics during a welding process is presented. Bio-heat equation described laser-tissue interaction in porcine and human eyes, simulating the surgery conditions. The modeled behavior of the... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan F. Rossi1 , R. Pini1 , and L. Menabuoni2 1 Istituto di Fisica Applicata, CNR, Firenze 2 U.O. Oculistica, Prato
The aim of the present work is the formulation of a theoretical model describing the transport phenomena involved in a food drying process by a convective oven. The proposed model represents a general and predictive tool capable of... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan S. Curcio University of Calabria
In this paper, a model of a tubular fuel cell is proposed and includes thermo-fluid dynamics, chemical reactions and electrochemistry. The main results presented are the temperature distribution, the concentration of species and the... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan C. Ciano Politecnico di Torino
A numerical analysis of the conjugate optical-thermal fields in an amorphous silicon thin film deposited on a glass substrate and irradiated by a moving Gaussian laser source is carried out. The combined optical and thermal models are... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan N. Bianco, O. Manca, and D. Ricci Università degli Studi di Napoli
Heat and mass transfer can be analyzed for conditions that may limit shelf-life. With this target, the purpose of the present work is the development of a general model which is applicable to a large variety of packaging configurations,... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan M.V. De Bonis1,2 , G. Altieri2 , and G. Ruocco1,2 1 CFDfood 2 DITEC, Università degli studi della Basilicata, Potenza
Mathematical modelling of a catalytic plate reactor for methane steam reforming with COMSOL Multiphysics was carried out. The model reactor includes three channels where methane combustion occurs on the plates bordering the inner side... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan S. Vaccaro, G. Ferrazzano, and P. Ciambelli Università di Salerno
In the present paper we report the results obtained applying COMSOL Multiphysics to the numerical simulation of Cyclic Voltammetries (CV’s) at microelecrodes arrays. CV’s at inlaid micro disk electrode arrays have been simulated... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan A. Lavacchi, U. Bardi, S. Caporali, A. Fossati, and I. Perissi University of Firenze
The subject of this work is the design of a LiNbO3 electro-optic tuned Bragg filter to be used as an amplitude modulator. We analyze in detail the realized waveguide and simulate the grating, developing a fabrication methodology for... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan A. Secchi1 , V. Foglietti1 , E. Cianci1 , L. Pierno2 , and M. Dispenza2 1 CNR-IFN, Italy 2 SELEX-SI, Italy
This article discusses the RMN import of a brain geometry in COMSOL Multiphysics via an interpolating function. The physical property associated with the grayscale is the diffusivity tensor, assumed here to be isotropic but... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan C. Cherubini1,2 , S. Filippi1,2 , and A. Gizzi1 1 Università Campus Biomedico di Roma 2 University of Rome
The understanding of the distribution of electrostatic forces at the nanoscale is of fundamental importance for the development of nanotechnology. In this work, in order to quantify the EFM cantilever/tip-sample interaction, we... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan D. Moro, and G. Valdrè University of Bologna
The present work exploits modelling of a heat exchanger single channel during the pasteurization of milk. A 2D computation has been performed with COMSOL Multiphysics showing the potential application to optimized geometries and for a... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan M.V. De Bonis, and G. Ruocco CFDfood, DITEC, Università degli studi della Basilicata, Potenza
Finite Element Method simulations of microstructure behaviour is carried out by COMSOL. This enables us to make also technological considerations related to the easy way of fabrication and to lower production costs as explained in the... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan E. Giuri, A. Ricci, and C. Ricciardi Laboratorio di Technologie Elettrobiochimiche Miniaturizzate per l'Anilisi e la Ricerca, Politechnico di Torino
The main object of this paper is the determination of the impulse response, in the low frequency range, for calculating the reverberation time and the energetic parameters in this space. An absorbing material is modelled by using the... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan P. Bonfiglio, and A. Farnetani Università degli Studi di Ferrara
In this communication, we deal with the numerical simulation of Voltage Operated ionic Channels (VOC) in Bio-Electronics. Suitable functional iteration techniques for problem decoupling and finite element methods for discretization... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan M. Longaretti, G. Marino, and R. Sacco Politecnico di Milano
This paper presents a two dimensional model of a Preferential Oxidation Reactor. The main aim of the mathematical model was to investigate the process performance of the reactor by parametric analysis. Temperature and concentration... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan F. Cipitì, L. Pino, A. Vita, M. Laganà, and V. Recupero CNR-ITAE, Messina
A theoretical investigation of thermo-optic effect in Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) rib waveguides and waveguide arrays by means of the Finite Element Method (FEM) has been carried out. Both static and dynamic analyses have been performed. COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan F. Magno, F. Dell’Olio, and V.M.N. Passaro Politecnico di Bari
This article presents different applications of COMSOL Multiphysics in the context of the mathematical modeling of biological systems. Simulations of excitable media like cardiac and neural tissues are... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan S. Filippi1,2 , and C. Cherubini1,2 1 Facoltà di Ingegneria Università Campus Biomedico di Roma 2 International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, University of Rome
This paper deals with the nonlinear magnetic analysis of a 100 Nm, multi-disc, magnetorheological fluid rotary brake or clutch, carried out with COMSOL Multiphysics. Along with the results of the analysis, the paper presents merits and... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan M. Benetti, and E. Dragoni University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
The objective of this paper is to present the results of a numerical study undertaken to investigate the hydrodynamics and turbulent transport and mixing inside two contact tanks, which have the same channels but different location of the... COMSOL Conference 2006, Milan C. Gualtieri University of Napoli
