See How Modeling and Simulation Is Used Across Industries
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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In order to reduce the environmental footprint of a serial production of head lamps, one lever is to replace and employ new materials, often requiring to redesign the product to ensure its mechanical and thermal resistance. In this context, this paper studies the modelling of the heat ... Read More
Emerging battery technologies are addressing applications of renewable and fossil fuel energy sources since they can store and release energy on demand. In recent years significant strides have been made in lithium battery technology. Lithium batteries are the primary sources of power in ... Read More
COMSOL Multiphysics® and the Batteries & Fuel Cells Module are used to create a pseudo 2D model of a Li-ion battery. A sensitivity analysis determines the most sensitive model parameters which are identified by microstructure analysis or optimized by nonlinear least-square regression ... Read More
Materials such as aluminium with high thermal and electrical conductivities are of industrial interest, particularly for the automotive industry in the current context of increasing production of electric vehicles. The reflective properties of this material make it difficult to process ... Read More
Simulation of thermal and electrical contact resistance of welding torch nozzles In modern engineering and scientific research, accurate modeling of contact resistances, both electrical and thermal, plays a crucial role in the design and analysis of technical systems. Our project ... Read More
With the ongoing electrification of vehicles as well as rapid digitalization, thermal management is on everyone´s lips. This includes the use of ever-better materials, specifically tailored regarding their thermal properties. To fine-tune the thermal conductivity of a material, composite ... Read More
High power consumption chips have already become a major challenge for modern processors causing low thermal performances. Existing thermal solutions are not able to solve these high temperature issues efficiently. Two-phase cooling devices such as heat pipes and vapor chambers have ... Read More
The LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2/Silicon-carbon lithium ion battery is used in the plug-in electric vehicle due to its high specific energy. The mileage of electric vehicles can be improved by increasing the energy density of batteries, but the charging process becomes a more challenge issue ... Read More
In this work, a mathematical model based on porous electrode theory was developed in COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software to simulate discharge behavior of primary Zn/MnO2 alkaline batteries. The model integrates microscopic and macroscopic phenomena through incorporation of species ... Read More
In recent years, fire and explosion accidents of mobile phones and electric vehicles are very common. If the heat generated by the battery cannot be dissipated in time will cause the battery temperature rise, or even thermal runaway. Therefore, it is necessary to decrease the heat ... Read More