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Simulation Applications Help Shape the Design of Car Audio Systems
Audio entertainment systems for luxury cars must provide end users with the highest quality of in-car listening experiences. Engineers at HARMAN International use multiphysics simulation to design systems with the entire car in mind, and build applications to streamline their processes. Read More
Optimizing Instrument Transformers and Sensors with Multiphysics Simulation
Power grids need to be properly maintained in order to protect them from system failure. Engineers at ABB use multiphysics simulation to design instrument transformers and sensors that can withstand overvoltages and be used in submersible underground vault applications. Read More
Optimizing a GIS for High-Voltage Distribution with Multiphysics Simulation
To speed up the development process for a gas-insulated, metal-enclosed switchgear (GIS), while significantly reducing costs, Pinggao Group used COMSOL Multiphysics®. They also built a simulation application that enabled collaboration on the design throughout the organization. Read More
The Unseen Wonders of Radiant Heating, Cooling, and Snowmelting
Viega designs residential and commercial radiant heating and cooling systems. By building simulation applications and distributing them to customers, they are able to share the results of their analyses with customers and offer them valuable engineering support. Read More
Illuminating the Physics Behind Electromagnetics Concepts with Applications
Electrical engineering students find it hard to visualize the electromagnetics concepts they are learning. To remedy this issue, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University built specialized simulation applications, distributing them to students as part of the lesson plan. Read More
Lighting the Way for Improved Synchrotron Vacuum Chambers at RadiaSoft
One of the goals of the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is to increase the brightness of synchrotron beams for the Advanced Photon Source particle accelerator. To do so, engineers from RadiaSoft LLC created simulation applications to design optimized synchrotron vacuum chambers. Read More
ITW Uses Multiphysics Simulation to Cook Up Smart Microwave Oven Designs
To design a "smart oven" with solid-state, convection heating, engineers at Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Food Equipment Group turned to multiphysics simulation and specialized applications. The finished product is able to cook food faster and more efficiently than conventional appliances. Read More
Understanding Brillouin Optomechanical Interaction with Multiphysics Modeling
Researchers from the University of Campinas and Corning wanted to see how photoelastics and moving boundary effects work together to enhance (or suppress) Brillouin scattering in waveguides, optical fibers, and other nanophotonic structures. To do so, they turned to numerical modeling. Read More
大型电气设备性能的仿真优化
常规的变电站中包含了大量的电气设备，GIS 是一种新型的高压配电装置。平高集团使用 COMSOL 多物理场仿真软件提高了 GIS 设备的研发效率，大幅减少了产品的研发成本，并通过仿真 App 为企业内跨部门的合作提供了极大的便利。 Read More
Helicon Antenna Supports Nuclear Fusion
Built by engineers at General Atomics, the DIII-D tokamak needs to achieve temperatures that are 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun to achieve nuclear fusion. To accomplish this, a novel heating system using a helicon antenna that can inject 1 megawatt of RF power is being designed ... Read More