Technical Papers and Presentations

We here present a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model performed with COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software as part of a collaboration with the Polarized Target Research Group at the University of New Hampshire (http://nuclear.unh.edu/research/polarized-target-lab/). By coupling ... Read More

Increasing demand for enhanced functionality and smaller form factor has led to significant increases in the power consumed by today’s electronic control modules. Consequently, improved thermal management of individual components and control modules is now a primary consideration to ... Read More

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, with a 7% survival rate at five years from diagnosis. The limited number of treatment options for patients who are diagnosed with late-stage disease is a major contributor to this problem. Therapeutic modalities such as radiofrequency ... Read More

We present a numerical model using the Finite Element Method (FEM) with COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software to characterize Beer-Lambert law. The Heat Transfer Module was used in the program developed to calculate absorption and propagation of heat wave phenomena in a material. ... Read More

This communication describes a model created to investigate the effect of mold-metal contact on casting solidification in the continuous casting process. The Heat Transfer and Solid Mechanics modules of COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software are used to construct a non-linear finite ... Read More

Localized Joule heating within integrated circuit (IC) chips is the leading cause of non-uniform temperature distribution within the circuit structure of the chips. Such variation in temperature enhances the biased diffusion of metal atoms along current carrying interconnects, a ... Read More

Hot air is required in many engineering applications such as heating spaces and drying food. Solar air heater is used to heat air in an environmentally friendly way. The solar air heater consists of many components that are worthy to be studied to improve the performance of the solar air ... Read More

This paper presents multiphysics modeling of coupled thermal-electrical behavior across the composite joints formed by highly anisotropic conductivity materials such as carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) under lightning strike conditions and demonstrates the driving physics behind ... Read More

Modern adiabatic calorimeters are designed to keep thermal inertia as low as possible so that temperature-dependent reaction rates and heats of reaction can be accurately extracted from the thermocouple data. Published models of this type of equipment are generally zero dimensional (0D) ... Read More

Meshless methods are relative newcomers to the field of computational methods; the term “meshless method” refers to the class of numerical techniques that have the following advantages: (1) domain and boundary mesh discretization is not required; (2) domain integration is not required; ... Read More