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This model describes the corrosion of magnesium (Mg) alloys in physiological environments using a phase-field formulation. The approach couples Mg dissolution kinetics with ionic transport, enabling the transition from activation-controlled to diffusion-controlled regimes to be captured. ... Read More
This tutorial demonstrates how to model a Silicon-on-Insulator (SoI) Modulator – a well-known optics device configuration that takes advantage of the free-carrier plasma dispersion effect and allows for the electrical control of the optical waveguide properties. The simulation couples ... Read More
This model is used to demonstrate the solution to a classic brainteaser in electromagnetics. A long loop of wire is connected to a source and a receiver, which are placed 1 meter apart. The objective of the model is to compute how long it takes for the receiver to sense when the source ... Read More
Many robot vacuum cleaners nowadays are equipped with lidar for spatial mapping in order to design an optimal cleaning path and navigate in a room without bumping into obstacles. This model simulates the lidar of a robot vacuum cleaner and how it maps out the shape of the room using ... Read More
In electrosurgery, high-power AC current from a probe is driven into tissue in order to cut and coagulate it. The current causes rapid Joule heating near the tip, and as temperatures reach 100°C, water and blood vaporize and the tissue desiccates, enabling cutting or sealing. This ... Read More
This tutorial shows how to model an arbitrary surface acoustic wave (SAW) delay line. The design parameters are arbitrary in the sense that the outputs are far from optimal from a practical standpoint. The aim is to show how a SAW device can be set up in the software: how to define the ... Read More
A small building block of integrated photonics, i.e., a Silicon-on-Insulator taper, is considered. For a larger system design, it might be useful to determine the phase delay such a device introduces. Here, we showcase the layout needed to do it in COMSOL, including a proper Port ... Read More
This model simulates a beam of light being split into components of different frequencies when passing through a medium where the refractive index depends on frequency. COMSOL-wise, the model showcases two important technical aspects: A user-defined implementation of the frequency ... Read More
An interesting question was raised in the 1950s by the mathematician Ernst Straus that, in an arbitrarily shaped empty room with side walls made of perfect mirrors, will a point light source always illuminate the whole room? This question was answered by the Nobel Prize-winning ... Read More
This model analyzes negative corona formation in a point-to-plane configuration driven by high applied voltages. The resulting I–V characteristics align well with experimental observations documented in the literature. The goal here is to capture the steady electrical characteristics ... Read More
