Microheaters have been widely investigated because of their extensive applications in gas sensors, flow rate sensors and other Microsystems. The geometric optimization for the microheater was performed by simulating a wide range of... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore G. Velmathi, N. Ramshanker, and S. Mohan Department of Instrumentation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
In recent years, the single-sided linear induction motor (SLIM) has been the most suitable choice for electric vehicles of the wheel and touchless type. The reason is simplicity in manufacturing, capability in applying direct force,... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore M.S. Manna1 , S Marwaha1 , and N. Kaur2 1 Dept. of EIE, Sant Longowal Inst. of Engg. & Tech Longowal, Sangrur, Punjab, India 2 Dept. of ECE, Universal Group on Institutes, Lalaru, Punjab, India
Liquid metal loops are used for heat removal and for the study of certain magneto-fluidic phenomenon like MHD (Magneto-Hydro Dynamic) effects. These loops operate at high temperatures and carry fluids that are invariably toxic in nature.... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore V. Teotia, S. Malhotra, K. Singh, and U. Mahapatra Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A three dimensional COMSOL Multiphysics, transient analysis, diffusion model has been adopted to model the transfers of water in the industrial concrete floors. To take into account the different initial saturation levels at the different... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore P. Devillers1 , S.V. Aher2 , G. Fau3 , B. Tranain3 , and C. Buisson1 1 Centre des Matériaux de Grande Diffusion, Ecole des Mines d’Alès, France 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 3 Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, Champs sur Marne, France
Globally in Otolaryngology industry, Sinusitis is one of the most common diseases related to the nose. Sinusitis is caused when the cilia fail to move the mucus. As a result sinus tissue gets infected that leads to blockage of the... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore T. Selvam, V.P. Kotte, and M. Marimuthu HCL Technologies Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Clustering is a common hydrodynamic characteristic observed among suspended gas-solid particles in a fast fluidized bed (FFB) regime of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) system. In this paper clustering behavior has been studied with... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore M. Das Department of Biotechnology, PESIT, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
In this paper, the effects of roughness in the surfaces of the plates caused due to nonuniform etching during their release and/or due to defects in the original wafer on the capacitance in RF-MEMS parallel plate varactors are analyzed.... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore D. Mondal1 , R. Mukherjee2 , D. Mukherjee1 , and C. RoyChaudhuri1 1 Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India 2 School of VLSI Technology, Bengal Engineering and Science University Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Dr. R. N Singh is currently a INSA Senior Scientist. Prior to this appointment, he was a CSIR Emeritus Scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad. He has been the Scientist-in-Charge of CSIR Centre of... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore Dr. R.N. Singh INSA, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India
COMSOL Multiphysics is widely utilized in the modeling of dynamics of technological and manufacturing processes. At the same time the investigated technological and manufacturing processes are generally described by systems of partial... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore G. Hulkó, C. Belavý, G. Takács, and P. Zajíček Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
This paper deals with the simulation study using COMSOL on the deformation of drop-within-drop system in a high intensity oscillating electric field. It consists of a composite drop suspended in a continuous phase. This composite drop has... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore D. Das1 , R.S. Patil1 , S. Kulkarni1 , V.A. Juvekar1 , and R. Bhattacharya2 1 IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 2 India Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Helmholtz Coil generates a uniform magnetic field. The commercially available large-size Helmholtz coils prove to be very expensive. This paper describes the economical method of designing and construction of a Helmholtz coil. COMSOL... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore V. Bhatt, R.S Rautela, P. Sharma, D.C. Tiwari, and S. Khushu Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (DRDO), Delhi, India
The realization of miniature SAW device is compatible on CMOS device for mobile and wireless communication system has become very important in recent years. Acoustic wave propagation along the surface of a piezoelectric material provides... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore P.R. Basha, B. Mishra, and A. Zachariah School of Electronics Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Porous Silicon (PS) can easily be formed by electrochemical etching of silicon in HF based electrolytes at room temperature. Since, PS is compatible with silicon IC technology; it finds lot of applications in the fabrication of MEMS... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore S. Suganthi1 , M. Anandraj2 , and L. Sujatha1 1 Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India 2 Department of Physics, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India
A simple design for a microfluidic flow system for use in mixing or reacting assays with limited sample availability has been proposed and analyzed using COMSOL\'s multiphysics simulation package. The design is based on differential... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore N.N. Sharma, and A. Tekawade Mechanical Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
Testing and verification is very important to increase reliability of a system. In water analysis its purity is verified using different test methods. Biosensors are very useful to detect the microorganisms present in water. This paper... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore A.K. Dwivedi, R.M. Patrikar, R.B. Deshmukh, and G. Pendharkar Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Electrorefining is an electrolytic process for obtaining high purity metal. In this process the impure metal is made anode and the high purity metal is deposited on cathode. Electrorefining is a key step in pyrochemical reprocessing of... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore S.P. Ruhela, S. Agarwal, B. Muralidharan, B.K. Sharma, B.P. Reddy, G. Ravisankar, K. Nagarajan, C.A. Babu, and P. Kalyanasundaram Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603 102, Tamil Nadu, India
Anil Prabhakar joined the faculty at IIT-Madras in 2002, after 5 years of post-doctoral experience in the hard disk drive industry. His current research interests include photonics, spintronics, nonlinear dynamics and alternative and... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore Dr. A. Prabhakar Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
High temperature superconductors (HTS) are promising candidates for electrical power applications. However, the superconductors exhibits energy loss known as AC loss when exposed to time varying external magnetic field and/or transport... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore G. Konar, and N. Charaborty Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
This paper presents finite element method (FEM) simulation study of the generation of bulk acoustic waves (BAWs) and their effect on the performance of surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices, using COMSOL Multiphysics. A SAW delay line... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore A.K. Namdeo1 , N. Ramakrishnan2 , and H.B. Nemade1 1 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India 2 Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
Cross-flow around a group of cylinders is a very common phenomenon in engineering, such as flow around heat exchanger tube arrays. The cross-flow-induced vibration might cause a reduction of equipment life and might even lead to the... COMSOL Conference 2010, Bangalore A. Dutta, P. Goyal, R.K. Singh, and K.K. Vaze Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
