Date & Location

City:	Chicago, IL
Date:	March 23, 2010-March 24, 2010
Address:	MicroTek 3010 Highland Parkway Highland Landmark III 1st floor - Suite 100 Downers Grove, IL 60515 Facility info, directions, etc.

Introduction

This course combines the introductory and advanced COMSOL courses into a 2-day intensive training. We start at an introductory level, then lead the student through topics needed in all analyses (interactive meshing techniques, choosing solvers, etc) and then into advanced topics (coupling variables, adding and modifying equations) using lecture, worked examples and workshop problems. The goal is to immerse the student in all of the main aspects of using COMSOL so that he or she can feel comfortable with most of the commands accessible from the user interface and confident that they can be productive solving simulation problems with COMSOL.

Day 1, 9:00am - 5:00pm

By using a variety of examples each step in the modeling process in COMSOL is explained. Next, you will be asked to use this knowledge in hands-on exercises. In particular the following will be considered:

• The COMSOL Multiphysics graphical user interface -- all the steps from creating a geometry to postprocessing
• Using the COMSOL architecture to its full potential: expressions, variables, tables, and calling external functions
• Geometry import from other CAD programs
• Best practices for meshing geometry
• Introduction to modeling of multiphysics heat transfer, electromagnetics, transport phenomena, and structural mechanics problems

Day 2, 9:00am - 5:00pm

On this second day your working knowledge of COMSOL will be expanded so that you may get the most out of each modeling step.

• The linear and non-linear finite element method
• The linear and non-linear systems solvers, what they do, and how best to use them
• How to get non-linear problems to converge
• The math behind multiphysics finite element methods
• Considerations for coupling different physics together
• Optimal usage of the segregated solver for large 3D models
• Adding ordinary differential equations
• Modeling time-dependent problems
• Finding and eliminating errors in the model

According to the length of the course and the interests of the participants, some or all of the above will be considered.

Speaker

Walter Frei, PhD COMSOL, Inc.

Suggested Background

This course is suitable for anyone interested in using COMSOL Multiphysics for the mathematical modeling of physics phenomena such as heat transfer, transport phenomena, fluid dynamics, electromagnetics, photonics, structural mechanics, and acoustics. No previous experience with COMSOL Multiphysics is required.

Registration

For registration and more information, e-mail course@comsol.com, or call 781-273-3322. Early registration is recommended, since the number of seats is limited.

Fee

The fee for this two-day course is $1295.00 per person. Academic discounts are available upon request.

Course Confirmation

Upon registration you will receive an email confirmation of your reservation. Directions to the course site and lodging suggestions will be available on our web site.

Course Hours

The hours for all COMSOL courses are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; please plan to check in between 8:30 and 9:00 am. Lunch and refreshments during the morning and afternoon breaks are included.

Payment Methods

For training course tuition, we accept payment by Visa, MasterCard, company purchase order, check, wire or direct deposit. For security purposes please do not send credit card information via email. COMSOL will contact you by phone to confirm the payment information.

Please mail payments/purchase orders to:

COMSOL, Inc.
1 New England Executive Park, Suite 350
Burlington, MA 01803

Please fax purchase orders to:

COMSOL, Inc.
ATTN: Training
781-273-6603

Course Cancellation Policy

Please read about our cancellation/return policies.