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Simulating the Pharmaceutical Tableting Process
Powder compaction is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry due to its high flexibility and control over quality. Here, we explore this process with the Capped Drucker-Prager model.
Analyzing an Optical Computation Device with Simulation
Here, we discuss Moore’s law, optical computing, Mach–Zehnder interferometer networks, and wave optics simulation.
Losses in Three-Phase Transmission Lines
Explore how to model the losses in three copper wires in a linear and an equilateral arrangement.
Editing and Repairing Imported Meshes in COMSOL Multiphysics®
COMSOL Multiphysics® includes several operations for modifying imported surface meshes. You can create, intersect, partition, and join entities, adapt and refine mesh elements, and more.
Designing Tidal Turbines That Are Safe for Marine Life
A guest blogger from Xi Engineering discusses how his organization is using acoustics simulation to study the impacts of tidal turbines on marine species.
Computing Transformer Equivalent Circuit Parameters
The magnetizing and leakage inductances of a transformer can be found using an open-circuit test and a short-circuit test, respectively. Learn how to simulate these tests here.
Extracting Electrical Circuits from Electromagnetics Simulations
A new method for generating electric circuits from solved physics is available in the AC/DC Module as of COMSOL® version 6.0. Get an introduction to this feature here.
How to Inspect Your Mesh in COMSOL Multiphysics®
You’re meshing your model and a warning or error appears. So, what do you do? One option is to inspect the entities listed in the report to analyze and resolve the meshing issue.
Mode Analysis for Electromagnetic Waveguides in COMSOL®
Get an introduction to mode analysis, which can be used to investigate mode characteristics in complex waveguide structures.
Happy Birthday, Robert Ledley
The first full-body CT scanner model can be found in the National Museum of American History, located in Washington, D.C. Read about the physicist who designed it here.
Investigating the Penrose Unilluminable Room with Ray Optics
Is the Penrose unilluminable room really unilluminable? We investigate this question using the Ray Optics and Wave Optics modules…
Getting the Stats: Computing Standard Deviations and Other Statistical Quantities
Here’s a comprehensive intro to computing and visualizing statistical quantities in COMSOL Multiphysics® .