Explore the innovative ways multiphysics simulation is being used worldwide to advance research
Multiphysics modeling and simulation drives innovation across industries and academia — as is evidenced by the many uses showcased in the technical papers and posters presented by engineers, researchers, and scientists at the COMSOL Conference each year.
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A wide variety of engineering applications, such as electronics, solar collectors, and internal combustion engines produce heat. This heat can be a positive or negative aspect for a particular application. Enhancing heat transfer has encouraged many researchers to investigate various ... Read More
The yield and selectivity of a chemical reactor are controlled by the rates of desired reactions relative to those of undesired side reactions. These reaction rates are controlled by the local concentration of reactants, as often described by elementary rate laws. Chemical engineers ... Read More
Selective Laser Melting (SLM), like many other additive manufacturing techniques, offers flexibility in design expected to become a disruption to the manufacturing industry. The current cost of SLM process does not favor a try-and-error way of research; which gives more room for ... Read More
Abstract The standard diamond-shaped mesh spacers commonly used in spiral wound membrane elements results in non-ideal hydrodynamics that can lead to fouling, which ultimately reduces the flux of water through the membrane and the operational life of the unit. To address this ... Read More
Numerical study of fluid flow and heat transfer in a finite three-dimensional rectangular, horizontal duct of length to width, and length to height ratio of 12:1 is investigated in this study. The left wall of the duct is uniformly heated while the right, top, and bottom walls are ... Read More
Incompressible flow field past a circular cylinder within parallel plate channel is very important in industry and science. As well known, beyond the Reynolds number based on the diameter of the cylinder and uniform flow velocity of 40, flow past a circular cylinder cannot hold its two ... Read More
Flow past a circular cylinder arises in many engineering applications, but there is significantly less work studying flow past a cylinder in a confined domain, such as pipe flow or flow in a plane channel. There are many applications where the scaling of a particular problem requires ... Read More
Printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is a key component in many energy and power systems, such as concentrated solar power plant, nuclear power plant, aircraft, etc. In this paper, the thermal and fluid performance of a lab-scale PCHE is analyzed using COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation ... Read More
