Each update of COMSOL Multiphysics^® introduces enhancements for user-friendliness, modeling capabilities, and overall performance. The tradition continues with the latest version of the software. This most recent update comes loaded with innovative features aimed at boosting productivity and providing new, powerful tools for multiphysics modeling and simulation.

We invite you to join this session for a comprehensive overview of the key functionality and highlights of the new version.

The structural mechanics add-on products to COMSOL Multiphysics^® are established tools for high-fidelity modeling and simulation in science and engineering. Among other things, these products contain a very wide range of advanced nonlinear material models and enable users to formulate their own material models using expressions and functions.

In addition, the COMSOL product suite features unique multiphysics modeling capabilities, including descriptions of phenomena such as fluid–structure interaction, poroelasticity, acoustic–structure interaction, electromagnetics–structure interaction, piezoelectricity, piezoresistivity, magnetostriction, and electrostriction.

In this session, you will get an overview of the structural mechanics functionality available throughout the COMSOL product suite. You will also learn how to set up a model for structural analysis and how to add multiphysics couplings.

Multiphase flow is modeled using interface tracking techniques as well as dispersed multiphase techniques, where the phase fraction of each phase is treated as a field, disregarding the detailed shape of the phase boundaries. COMSOL Multiphysics^® and its add-on products feature several user-friendly multiphase flow modeling interfaces for both surface tracking and dispersed multiphase flow techniques. Engineers and scientists have successfully used these multiphase flow interfaces to model everything from lab-on-a-chip devices (surface tracking) to large-scale water treatment processes like those in flocculation basins (dispersed multiphase flow).

The COMSOL^® software product suite also offers unique features for the modeling of multiphase flow in combination with other physics phenomena, for example, in fluid–structure interaction, electrokinetic flow, and reacting flow.

In this session, you will get an overview of the COMSOL^® software's capabilities for the modeling and simulation of multiphase flows. You will also learn how to set up a model of an inkjet nozzle using the modeling tools for level sets (surface tracking). The model will predict droplet size depending on the applied mechanical pulse during injection.

The Wave Optics Module is used to optimize and predict the performance of optical and photonics devices, spanning from filters and sensors to plasmonic gratings and metasurfaces. Its unique multiphysics capabilities make it easy to include stress-optical, electro-optical, acousto-optical, and magneto-optical effects in the analysis. Specialized modeling tools, such as the beam envelope method, enable detailed full-wave analysis of optically large devices.

Join this session to get a quick introduction to the capabilities for electromagnetics and multiphysics simulation of optical components.

As finite element models grow in size and complexity, solver performance becomes increasingly important. The COMSOL Multiphysics^® software offers a comprehensive selection of solvers that enable users to simulate multiphysics phenomena across a broad range of science and engineering fields. These solvers include robust methods for stationary and time-dependent problems, nonlinear systems, optimization, and a variety of direct and iterative linear solvers, all designed to support the software’s built-in and user-defined multiphysics couplings.

Join us in this session to learn techniques for solving large-scale problems efficiently. We will also explore solver selection strategies based on time and memory requirements and examine how performance is influenced by computational factors such as memory bandwidth, processor architecture, and parallelization. Attendees working with electromagnetics, structural mechanics, fluid flow, or other physics will learn about solver options that can significantly reduce simulation time and improve scalability.

The Model Manager, an integrated component of COMSOL Multiphysics^®, is used for efficient database storage and version control of models and related files, such as reports, experimental data, geometry parts, and CAD files. It provides organization and advanced search functionality, including the ability to search for features within a model, and a comparison feature that displays the exact differences between two versions of a model. Model files are stored in the system efficiently and with minimal redundancy. In addition to getting access to your model versions through the COMSOL Desktop^®, the Model Manager server includes a web interface for managing modeling and simulation projects, including user account administration and asset management.

Join us in this minicourse to learn how the Model Manager can be used to search models and apps and how to reuse model sequences in one model by applying them to a new model. We will also show how you can create a development environment where a team can collaborate on projects involving the development of models and simulation apps.

The Ray Optics Module supports both traditional nonsequential ray optics as well as ray optics combined with additional physical phenomena. Optical systems, especially those operating in harsh environments such as space or high-powered laser setups, require multiphysics modeling. This minicourse will introduce participants to structural-thermal-optical performance (STOP) analysis of optical systems. In addition, multiscale methods that bridge wave and ray optics will be briefly covered.

Attend this minicourse to learn about using the Ray Optics Module for traditional ray tracing as well as STOP analysis and multiscale applications.

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Both shape and topology optimization are powerful techniques for design improvement. Shape optimization allows for the refinement of existing designs by adjusting the position, orientation, and shape of boundaries, starting from a general outline. Topology optimization offers extreme design freedom, permitting virtually any shape within the design space, which is especially relevant with the rise of additive manufacturing methods. Using any COMSOL Multiphysics^® product, both of these optimization techniques can be applied to designs involving different types of physics phenomena as well as multiphysics combinations.

Join this minicourse to get a quick introduction to using the Optimization Module for shape, topology, and general-purpose optimization.

The COMSOL Multiphysics^® software enables simulation-driven design across industries by unifying multiphysics modeling and app creation in a single environment. With the Application Builder and COMSOL Compiler™, simulation experts can create and deploy custom apps that make advanced models accessible to a wider audience. The latest versions include support for fast, compact surrogate models based on high-fidelity simulation data. These models are ideal for real-time use in digital twins and interactive apps.

In this minicourse, you will learn how to use COMSOL Multiphysics^® to build and deploy simulation apps and digital twins that extend the benefits of simulation-based decision-making.

COMSOL Multiphysics^® and its structural mechanics add-on modules contain a wide range of built-in nonlinear material models as well as capabilities for creating your own material models using your own functions. They also have dedicated functionality for fatigue analysis. Together, they form a uniquely user-friendly suite for multiphysics modeling and simulation of phenomena involving structural mechanics.

Attend this minicourse to get an overview of the Nonlinear Structural Materials Module and the Fatigue Module. You will hear about the material models used to capture effects like hyperelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity, and creep. You will also learn about damage mechanics, customized flow rules, creep laws, and custom strain-energy-density functions for hyperelasticity. For fatigue analysis, you will see how to evaluate high-cycle-fatigue (HCF) and low-cycle-fatigue (LCF) regimes. In addition, you will learn how to use stress- and strain-based models and how to integrate functionality from other modules to help you study mutiphysics phenomena such as thermal expansion and elastoplastic fatigue.

Modeling species transport and chemical reactions can lead to improved understanding and optimization of reacting systems. The Chemical Reaction Engineering Module, an add-on product to the COMSOL Multiphysics^® software, was designed to mimic the experimental procedure in a lab using the following comprehensive modeling strategy: study kinetics in a perfectly mixed system; use accurate thermodynamic properties of both species and mixtures; then, create a space-dependent model using those reaction kinetics to study transport and reaction processes.

The Chemical Reaction Engineering Module can also be combined with the add-on CFD Module to study turbulent nonisothermal reacting flow and turbulent multiphase flow. Turbulence modeling is offered by a wide range of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) models, as well as large eddy simulation (LES) and detached eddy simulation (DES).

In this session, we will demonstrate how to set up a model from scratch using chemical equations in a perfectly mixed system. We will then use the functionality for automatically creating space-dependent models to account for transport phenomena, including chemical species transport, fluid flow, and heat transfer.

The RF Module, an add-on product to the COMSOL Multiphysics^® software, enables the design, modeling, and optimization of high-speed communication technologies, such as phased antenna arrays, 5G millimeter-wave filters, and connectors. Its unique multiphysics capabilities make it easy to incorporate electromagnetic heating and structural effects, which can be used, for example, to address thermal expansion in cavity filters.

In this session, we will cover high-frequency electromagnetics modeling in the time and frequency domain of RF and microwave components, including multiphysics analysis.

The physics features in the COMSOL Multiphysics^® software are based on functionality that formulates systems of partial differential equations (PDEs). The software automatically discretizes these PDEs on the fly using numerical methods, such as finite elements, Petrov–Galerkin, discontinuous Galerkin, boundary elements, and the method of lines.

COMSOL Multiphysics^® also includes built-in functionality for equation interpretation, which makes it possible to define your own expressions of the dependent and independent variables when using any physics feature and to couple multiple physics phenomena. In addition, this functionality allows you to formulate systems of PDEs from scratch, using the mathematics features. You can use these features to formulate models that go beyond the standard formulations available through the built-in physics features. The mathematics features are also useful for teaching in physics and engineering, helping students to understand equation formulations and their implications in the description of physics phenomena.

In this session, we will cover how to define systems of PDEs using the mathematics features, such as the Coefficient Form PDE, General Form PDE, and Weak Form PDE.

Modeling and simulation can be used to better understand and optimize the design of battery systems. The COMSOL Multiphysics^® software and its add-on Battery Design Module offer specialized functionality for creating detailed models of battery cells and packs.

In this session, we will focus on how to model a lithium-ion battery using the software's unique coupling capabilities to include phenomena such as electrochemistry, material transport, heat transfer, fluid flow, and structural mechanics. We will showcase how charge and discharge cycles, aging, thermal management, and other processes associated with the operation of battery systems can be set up as time-dependent models. Lastly, we will demonstrate how to create battery pack models with hundreds of batteries, each described with its individual electrochemical model, including temperature effects.

COMSOL Multiphysics^® and its add-on products offer a complete suite of tools for the modeling and simulation of fluid flow. The Porous Media Flow Module is widely used by scientists and engineers to study free and porous media fluid flow phenomena. It finds applications in diverse industries such as the production of pulp and paper, household goods, and food, and in the pharmaceutical sector, to name just a few. The Subsurface Flow Module is similarly used by agricultural, civil, and environmental engineers and scientists to analyze porous media fluid flow as well as fracture flow.

The software features unique functionality for the modeling of multiphase and nonisothermal fluid flow in porous media, fluid flow in saturated and variably saturated porous media, and even turbulent flow in free and porous media. Modeling options include Darcian and non-Darcian (for example, Forchheimer) flow, the Brinkman equations, and fracture flow in combination with Darcy’s law. Multiphysics modeling functionality enables couplings of fluid flow phenomena with other physics effects involving heat transfer, phase change, moisture transport, structural mechanics, and more. In addition, fluid–structure interaction is included in the user interface for modeling poroelasticity.

Attend this session to get an overview of the modeling capabilities of the Porous Media Flow Module and the Subsurface Flow Module. You will also learn how to set up a model for porous media flow in COMSOL Multiphysics^®.

Composite materials are widely used in different sectors, including aerospace, manufacturing, and the automotive industry. The Composite Materials Module, an add-on product to the Structural Mechanics Module and the COMSOL Multiphysics^® software, offers a set of modeling features and functionality for analyzing layered composite structures.

In addition, the module can be combined with other add-on products to couple structural mechanics with other physics phenomena, such as heat transfer, electromagnetics, fluid flow, acoustics, and piezoelectric effects. This enables you to include a range of physics in the same environment and create models that are accurate simulations of their real-world counterparts.

This minicourse will demonstrate the features of the Composite Materials Module, including its capabilities for simulating fiber-reinforced plastics, laminated plates, and sandwich panels in order to enhance structural performance. You will learn how the module can be used to optimize product design and better understand the behavior of layered composite structures.

LiveLink™ for MATLAB^® enables you to seamlessly integrate the COMSOL Multiphysics^® software with MATLAB^® to enhance your modeling with programming capabilities in the MATLAB^® environment. The bidirectional interface enables you to load existing MPH-files into MATLAB^®, work with model M-files saved from the COMSOL Desktop^®, write model M-files from scratch, and call MATLAB^® functions from within the COMSOL Desktop^® and apps.

The COMSOL API is built in Java and made available in MATLAB^® through wrapper functions. It forms the basis of LiveLink™ for MATLAB^® and covers all aspects of COMSOL Multiphysics^® modeling. The latest version features enhanced support for autocompletion in MATLAB^®, navigating and searching model objects, plotting, and the Model Manager.

In this session, learn how to work with COMSOL^® models from the MATLAB^® command line and see what the latest features have to offer.

COMSOL Multiphysics^® and the Plasma Module are widely used for the modeling and simulation of low-temperature plasmas. Researchers and engineers in materials science and semiconductor manufacturing are those who use these products to study, design, and optimize processes involving plasmas.

The Plasma Module provides a set of dedicated features and user interfaces for modeling drift diffusion, heavy species transport, and electrostatics. In addition, it features a uniquely user-friendly plasma chemistry interface for the definition of chemical equations, including electron impact reactions defined with cross-section data. In addition to its capabilities for modeling capacitively coupled plasmas (CCPs), the Plasma Module, when combined with other add-on products, can also be used to model inductively coupled plasmas (ICPs) and microwave plasmas.

Join us in this session to get an introduction to the science and methods behind the Plasma Module. In addition to providing an overview of its capabilities, we will also demonstrate how a model is set up in the Plasma Module.

The MEMS Module add-on to COMSOL Multiphysics^® has become one of the most trusted, in-demand multiphysics modeling tools for studying and designing MEMS devices. Engineers and scientists in the MEMS field typically use the MEMS Module to model a broad range of actuation and sensing mechanisms.

The module comes loaded with modeling capabilities for structural analysis and electrostatics. In addition, the ready-made MEMS modeling interfaces offer a unique suite of features for modeling multiphysics phenomena such as electrostatics and structural mechanics, electrostriction, piezoelectricity, piezoresistivity, Joule heating with thermal expansion, thermoelasticity, magnetostriction, Lorentz forces, and fluid–structure interaction.

In this minicourse, we will discuss the benefits of using the MEMS Module for modeling MEMS devices, with a focus on accelerometers. We will also show an example of how to model an accelerometer that involves coupling electrostatics and solid mechanics.

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Simulation results enable users to evaluate fields and variables and visualize them in ways that might be difficult to do with experiments.

The COMSOL Multiphysics^® software includes unique functionality for interpreting mathematical expressions of variables, derived variables, functions, and parameters, which can be used on the fly to evaluate and visualize results. You can plot any function of the solution variables and their derivatives using surface, isosurface, slice, streamline, and many more plot types by simply typing in the mathematical expression or by selecting variables from a list. The software also provides functionality for visualizing material appearance, lighting, environment reflections, and shadows — which, combined with plots, create impressive images that can highlight important concepts of a design or process.

Join us in this session to learn how to calculate derived values, create stunning plots, and generate reports and presentations using COMSOL Multiphysics^®.

By applying probabilistic design, engineers and researchers can look into questions such as how manufacturing tolerances affect the intended performance of the final product and how to prevent the overdesign and underdesign of devices and processes. The Uncertainty Quantification Module, an add-on to the COMSOL Multiphysics^® software, quantifies risk with statistical metrics that are more informative than traditional deterministic methods. Specialized solver technologies and analysis tools are used to expand models and produce more encompassing, accurate, and useful model versions.

Join us in this minicourse to learn about the different methods available in the Uncertainty Quantification Module for performing screening, sensitivity analysis of different parameters, uncertainty propagation analysis, and other types of uncertainty quantification. You will also see how the Uncertainty Quantification Module can be used with any kind of physics simulation, such as structural, chemical, acoustics, fluid flow, and electromagnetics applications.

The COMSOL Multiphysics^® software is widely used in the modeling and simulation of electrochemical systems due to its unique capability for solving nonlinear coupled problems defined using equation-based modeling.

The software includes predefined modeling features for studying processes for corrosion and corrosion protection, electrodeposition, water electrolysis, and fuel cells, as well as functionality for describing cells with any electrolyte composition and electrode kinetics through the use of the generic modeling interfaces for Nernst–Planck equations (tertiary current distribution).

Join us in this session to learn more about the COMSOL Multiphysics^® add-ons for modeling of electrochemical systems such as the Corrosion Module, Electrodeposition Module, Fuel Cell & Electrolyzer Module, and the Electrochemistry Module.

In applications ranging from consumer electronics to high-voltage power systems, understanding electric discharge behavior is an important part of the design process. Simulation helps predict lightning-induced electromagnetic pulses, electrostatic discharges, and other related events, enabling the development of design solutions while reducing the costs of experimental testing and prototyping.

In this session, we will give a live demonstration of the Electric Discharge Module, an add-on product to the COMSOL Multiphysics^® software, and provide an overview of how to perform various types of electric discharge analyses. Topics will include the analysis of streamer, corona, dielectric barrier, and arc discharges.