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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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Artificial muscles are materials or devices that mimic the motion of muscles and can change their shape and stiffness in response to external stimuli. We consider pneumatic soft actuators with fiber reinforcements designed to contract upon pressurization and mimic the motion of skeletal ... Read More
A bolt connection can be modeled and simulated in different ways. In many engineering cases, only the stresses in and the contact pressure between bolted parts of an assembly are of interest. Here in this work, a bolt with thread and matching screw nut has been modeled in 3D in order to ... Read More
Synthetic jet actuators enhance flow control by generating pulsatile jets with zero net mass flux. There is a need to develop a computationally inexpensive model that can generate optimal geometric actuator designs of maximum jet performance. This work investigates the multi-physics ... Read More
Nondestructive inspection (NDI) of damages (e.g., imperfect or degraded bonding lines) or the remaining strength of adhesively bonded lap joints is critical for the operational safety of aircrafts and vehicles. It remains a challenge to use the conventional NDI to quantitatively infer ... Read More
A millimeter-scale soft crawling robot is demonstrated that uses a similar mechanism to move efficiently in a variety of configurations: on horizontal, vertical, as well as upside-down surfaces; on smooth and rough surfaces; and through obstacles comparable in size to its dimensions. The ... Read More
Magnetized target fusion (MTF) is a promising approach to achieve fusion conditions that relies on the heating of a magnetized plasma by the rapid compression of a magnetic flux conserver. The compression timescale must be significantly shorter than the plasma’s thermal confinement time, ... Read More
Optimization of the shape of material for improving the power output of thermomagnetic oscillator Shivam Shukla a and Deepak K a,* a Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi – 221005 *Corresponding author : deepak.met@iitbhu.ac.in Abstract ... Read More
Accurate tissue mechanical properties are essential for simulating medical devices that deform skin under suction, such as devices for the treatment of fat, skin wounds, and vascular skin conditions. While suction-based methods exist for estimating these properties, most rely on small ... Read More
In applications like nuclear reactors or particle accelerators, mechanical components near a source of radiation develop radiation damage. This typically means a change in tensile properties and fracture toughness, which depends on the radiation dose (commonly measured in ‘displacements ... Read More
Acoustic emissions generated by active defects in structures, like bridges, aircraft, and pipelines, play a crucial role in detecting flaws in their structural integrity by non-destructive evaluation techniques. Commercially used acoustic emission (AE) sensors are made of piezoelectric ... Read More