Technical Papers and Presentations

The protection of metal surfaces against corrosion is commonly achieved by the application of organic coatings. A dedicated evaluation of those coating systems is strictly necessary before putting them into service. While outdoor test programs are time intensive and accelerated corrosion ... Read More

Electret condenser microphones are one of the most used transducers for a variety of applications. The engineer designing these cartridges must take into consideration many factors to create a design that meets its specifications. Most parts of the design have multiple constraints across ... Read More

A substantial campaign of simulations was recently launched in the Bonomi Group with the goal of improving the understanding of the multiphysics involved in high voltage equipment such as aerial power lines, insulators, surge protectors and disconnectors. The activity not only resulted ... Read More

FT wind sensors measure wind speed and direction using an acoustic field superimposed on a flow field in an acoustic resonator equipped with three piezoelectric transducers. The study proposed here focuses on the acoustic resonance technology of a simplified wind sensor geometry, and how ... Read More

Ultrasonic flow-cell reactors are used for many industrial applications, where fluid substrate is sonicated in a small region, where very high ultrasonic acoustic power is present. The electromechanical transducer (converter) that drive the sonotrode inside the flow-cell is designed in ... Read More

Parametric finite element simulations were performed to study the effect of film thickness, and electrode size on the different impedance parameters for insulating thin films deposited on a conductive substrate. COMSOL Multiphysics® was used to solve the quasi-static form of Maxwell’s ... Read More

When a material is subjected to a sudden change in electric field, the polarization of the material takes a finite time to respond – this phenomenon is referred to as dielectric relaxation. Dielectric relaxation is critical to understanding the important analytic technique of impedance ... Read More

The growing adoption of electric vehicles has led to increased exposure of cars to stray magnetic fields. To address this issue, inductive position sensors have emerged as a viable solution due to their inherent immunity to stray magnetic fields. Widespread adoption of the inductive ... Read More

The ideal way to measure the acoustic performance of heavy items such as vehicles or machines is in a semi-anechoic chamber, i.e. in an environment with no reflections except from the solid floor where the noise source is standing. To accurately measure low frequencies down to 20 Hz ... Read More

The frequency dependent electrical impedance of porous media is studied by modelling the charge transport in the electrolyte filled pore space using COMSOL Multiphysics.  The corresponding experimental method, called Spectral Induced Polarization (or Impedance Spectroscopy), shows a ... Read More