Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics

New to COMSOL? Then this course is for you. Learn the COMSOL Multiphysics® user-interface in minutes.

You will be lead through the fundamental work flow in COMSOL through the demonstration of a simple multiphysics simulation example. The hands-on tutorial lets you set up a first model using the application interfaces. You'll also see how to customize a model in the COMSOL Multiphysics GUI -- putting whatever physics you wish into a live model.

CAD Import and Meshing

Get straight to the physics by using ready-made CAD models imported from any of the leading CAD packages.

This course covers geometry repair, meshing techniques and the use of the assembly features: how to use the defeaturing tool to remove fillets for reducing the size of the model, tolerance adjustment to automatically repair gaps in the original CAD model, control parameters for the automatic and semi-automatic mesh generators, also how to decide when to use an assembly.

Geometry Modeling

Learn 2D and 3D solid modeling using the CAD-tools built-in to COMSOL Multiphysics.

Creation of 2D and 3D geometry models: the use of work-planes for defining new parts in terms of existing, extruded and revolved objects, partitioning of boundary surfaces using the embed feature, importing splines, helical and lofted surfaces from COMSOL Script, defining points and lines inside of objects, using a mesh as a geometry model.

Custom PDEs

Create custom mathematical physics models directly with COMSOL Multiphysics’ partial differential equation user-interfaces.

Partial differential equations (PDEs) constitute the mathematical foundation to describe the laws of nature. This course introduces you to the techniques of constructing your own linear or nonlinear PDE systems, how to expand an already existing FEA model with additional PDEs describing new types of physics, and also how to use the PDE user-interfaces to exploit symmetry by using cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems.

Postprocessing and Visualization

Get up to speed with COMSOL Multiphysics’ truly unlimited postprocesing and visualization capabilities.

This is a course on using the extensive tools provided for postprocessing and visualization. Learn how to visualize any quantity imaginable, how to compare results from different simulations, integration on boundaries, computation of reaction forces, total currents and mass flux. The course also covers import and export of data from COMSOL Script or other environments.

Script Modeling and GUI Design

Automate your modeling process by running multiphysics models from COMSOL Script® or MATLAB®. Also learn how to create custom-built user interfaces.

The course focuses on how to build and run a multiphysics model from COMSOL Script. Also covered is how to parameterize your model in just about any way: for example with respect to material properties, geometry parameters or both simultaneously. You will also get a quick introduction to creating custom graphical user interfaces that give tailored access to a model’s parameters.

Biomedical Engineering

This is an introduction to using COMSOL to model various biomedical applications - a discipline which has many problems that involve highly coupled, often nonlinear, multiphysics applications. This class will address three important problem areas in this field: biotissue heating, structural analysis and drug delivery with reactions. Workshop problems include tumor ablation through joule-heating, structural load analysis in an artificial hip and simulating nerve repair through drug targeting. Additionally we will demonstrate how to add equations to COMSOL to include a tissue necrosis simulation in the tumor ablation problem.

Chemical Reaction Engineering and Kinetics

An introductory minicourse to reaction engineering simulations in perfectly mixed reactors and time- and space-dependent systems.

This course will give you an insight into how you can use the COMSOL Reaction Engineering Lab to perform reaction engineering simulations with ease. Hands-on exercises will cover chemical kinetics parameter estimation, ideal reactor models such as Batch, Semibatch, CSTRs, and Plug-flow reactors, as well as simulations of 3D reactors. You will also learn how to incorporate chemical kinetics, physical and thermodynamic property data in your moldels.

Transport Phenomena in Chemical Engineering

An introductory minicourse to problem solving in the classical areas of mass, momentum and heat transfer.

Learn how to use the Chemical Engineering Module to simulate laminar, turbulent and multiphase flows in reactors and unit operations equipment. The hands-on exercises cover topics such as mixing in turbulent flows, the coupling between fluid flow and multicomponent transport and reactions, as well as multiphase flow in a gas-liquid system.

Magnetics and Induction Phenomena

Examine permanent magnets, electric motors and generators, inductors, and induction heating.

The course demonstrates using the AC/DC Module for magnetic field and eddy currents simulations. Topics covered are efficient simulation of permanent magnets, general induction simulations and solver techniques, electrical motors, force and torque calculations and induction heating.

RF, Microwaves, and Photonics

Learn how to use the RF Module for electromagnetic wave simulations: coils, waveguides, plasmonics and more.

The emphasis of this course is on electromagnetic wave simulations in general using the RF Module. Topics covered are simulation of RF coils, microwave components, extraction of S-parameters, electromagnetic heating, photonics simulations, and plasmonics.

Microfluidics

Examine the versatile tools for microfluidics modeling including electroosmosis, electrophoresis, thermophoresis, and two-phase flow.

Dwell into the world of microfluidics with the tools provided by COMSOL's MEMS Module and Chemical Engineering Module. Learn how the user interfaces for electrokinetic flow: electroosmosis, electrophoresis and dielectrophoresis as well as advanced biosensor modeling with thermophoresis. Additional topics include: different methods for simulating two-phase flow systems and reacting flows.

Porous Media Flow

An introduction to porous media flow with wide-ranging applications including: biomedical, subsurface flow, porous filters, solute transport, and electrodes.

This course demonstrates the use of the Chemical Engineering Module and the Earth Science Module for linear and nonlinear porous media flow. Topics include: Darcy’s law, Brinkmann’s equations, Richard’s equation, the interaction between free channel flow and porous media flow, reacting flows and poroelasticity.

Heat Transfer in Solids and Fluids

An introduction to using the Heat Transfer Module for thermal analysis in solids and fluids.

Heat transfer enters just about all multiphysics simulations and many of the minicourses do too. This particular course covers heat transfer in solids and fluids including both convection and conduction phenomena. Additional topics covered are simultaneous and communicating heat transfer across solid-fluid boundaries – so called conjugate heat transfer, and how to use the Material Library for representing temperature-dependent material properties.

Introduction to Structural Mechanics and Thermal Stress

The largest application field of FEA is transitioning to multiphysics. Advanced Computer Engineering Services (ACES) is offering this minicourse on structural and thermal stress analysis.

This introductory course demonstrates using the Structural Mechanics Module for static, transient, frequency-response, and modal analysis. When is a 3D model needed and when can faster results be achieved with a 2D approximation? Additional topics covered are thermal stress, large deformations and nonlinear material models.

MEMS

Test-drive the MEMS Module in this minicourse on electromechanical simulations in the microscale

The simulation of microelectromechanical systems is bound to be of a multiphysics nature. Especially important is accurate application of electric boundary conditions and forces on mechanical structures. This minicourse covers using the MEMS Module for microelectromechanical as well as piezoelectric devices including actuators, sensors, and resonators and also the extraction of capacitance, impedance, admittance, and S-parameters.

Structural-Acoustics Interactions

Structural vibrations inevitably induce sound waves. Learn how to use the Acoustics Module for structural-acoustics interactions.

Acoustic pressure waves in a fluid are often induced at the interface between a solid and the fluid. This course demonstrates using the Acoustics Module for mastering unidirectional and bidirectional structural-acoustics interactions. Important application areas are bioengineering, transducer design, and loud speakers.