See How Multiphysics Simulation Is Used in Research and Development
Engineers, researchers, and scientists across industries use multiphysics simulation to research and develop innovative product designs and processes. Find inspiration in technical papers and presentations they have presented at the COMSOL Conference. Browse the selection below or use the Quick Search tool to find a specific presentation or filter by application area.
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Simulating Small Molecule Transport Across the Blood-Brain Barrier Using COMSOL Multiphysics®
The blood-brain barrier presents a unique and highly selective semipermeable barrier composed of endothelial and supporting cells. In stressed states, such as during systemic inflammation, the barrier can become “leaky”, increasing in permeability and leading to unwanted solutes from the ... Read More
Simulation of Oil Sands Induction Heating Using Voltage-Driven Coils with Magnetic Core
The most common method for in-situ recovery of oil sands is Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD). SAGD is based on injecting pressurized steam into the ground to heat up the highly viscous bitumen and reduce its viscosity allowing oil to flow. This process is energy and emissions ... Read More
Direct Optical Surface Roughness Modeling
Optical devices are generally simulated using ideal structures. These ideal geometries are critical in finding major features of the optical response. Unfortunately, fabrication of such devices rarely results in structures that are ideal.[1] In particular, surface roughness is rarely ... Read More
Treating Brain Cancer with Heat Therapy Using a Novel Noninvasive Microwave Applicator
Heat cancer therapy (HT) involves increasing tumor temperatures to 40-44°C and is a potent radiosensitizer for the treatment of solid tumors, including brain cancer. Current strategies to heat deep-seated targets in the brain are primarily invasive, and existing HT applicators do not ... Read More
Light Management Optimization of Upconversion-Based Solar Cell Using Genetic Algorithms
We demonstrate a COMSOL Multiphysics®-based approach to light management for upconversion-based solar cells (UBSCs). Single-junction solar cells are of high importance to sustainable energy production, however the cells are limited in their performance by the bandgap of the solar cell. ... Read More
Thermomechanical Properties of Elastomeric Stamps for Micro-Transfer Printing Applications
Micro-transfer printing (MTP) enables mass-transfer of wafer-level chips having lateral dimensions ranging from 3 x 7 um to 650 x 650 um to a nonnative substrate. This is accomplished with an elastomeric stamp containing micrometer scale posts that have been precisely defined using ... Read More
Predictive Model of Landfill Settlement with COMSOL Multiphysics® Employing (THMB) Coupled Processes
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills typically experience significant settlement associated with various multi-physical factors such as waste property, placement timing, total height, and environmental conditions such as temperature and saturation throughout the lifetime of the ... Read More
Parametric Analysis and Optimization of an Elastocaloric Heating and Cooling Cycle
Elastocaloric heating/cooling takes advantage of the structural changes in shape memory alloys (SMAs) that release and absorb heat when a strain is applied over a transition temperature. Heating/cooling cycles that use SMAs offer a potential solution to issues associated with the use of ... Read More
Conductance Modeling of Flexible Organic Thin Film Solar Cell Devices
In this research work, we developed a virtual model to examine the electrical conductivity of multilayered thin films when positioned above a single layer and multilayers of graphene, and flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. Additional structured thin films were ... Read More
Modeling Ferrofluid Sloshing Vibration Energy Harvesting Using Level-Set Method
Ferrofluid sloshing vibration energy harvesters are the recent addition in the domain of vibration energy harvesting systems. These systems are unique in their use of a liquid state transduction mechanism to harvest ambient vibrations/oscillations to generate electric power. In this ... Read More