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COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS

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 History

COMSOL Multiphysics V4.4(2013)

COMSOL Multiphysics V4.x

COMSOL Multiphysics V4.0(2010)

FEMLAB V3.0(2003) COMSOL Multiphysics V3.x

-Standalone
COMSOL Multiphysics V3.2 (2005)
FEMLAB V1.0(1998)
 (PDE)
(FEM)
GUI

A Software for Various Phenomena

A Software for Multiphysics

The COMSOL Desktop adapted to

multiphysics simulations for Windows
Ribbon

Graphics

Model Builder Setting Messages, Progress, Log, Table

The COMSOL Desktop adapted to
multiphysics simulations for Linux & Mac

Toolbar

COMSOL V4.4 Product Suite

AC/DC Module
Electric field and magnetic field analysis
for Static(or Quasi-Static)

Stationary, Transient, Time-Harmonic

Simulations

Supports direct computation of lumped

parameters capacitances, inductances,
electromagnetic forces

Provide for Nonlinear Magnetic

Materials Database

Infinite elements model unbounded

domains

Small-Signal Analysis

SPICE interface

AC/DC Module

Transformer

Generator / Motor

Inductive Heating for Hot Wall Furnace Capacitor

RF Module

Simulation for electromagnetic wave

S-parameter computation(Matrices)
Far-field analysis
PML
SPICE interface

RF Module

Microwave heating
Antenna

Waveguide
Cavity filter with Piezo actuator
Wave Optics Module

Simulation for Wave Optics

Maxwells Equations and
Beam Envelopes Method(BEM)
PML(Perfectly Matched Layers)
S Parameter
Periodic Structure Analysis
with High-Order Diffraction mode
using Periodic Port and Floquet BC.

Wave Optics Module

Photonic Crystal Waveguide

Plasmonic Wire Grating

Gaussian Beam

Metamaterial Lens
MEMS Module

Resonators, Actuators, Sensors,

Piezoelectric and Piezoresistive devices

Predefined multiphysics interface

- Electromechanics multiphysics
- Thermal Expansion

Film damping

SPICE interface

MEMS Module

Accelerometers

Piezoresistive
Elevator Button

Gyroscope
Plasma Module

Modeling non-equilibrium discharges

Inductively coupled plasmas (ICP)
DC discharges
Wave heated discharges (Microwave plasmas)
Capacitively coupled plasmas (CCP)
Ion Energy Distribution Function Analysis
Ion Angular Energy Distribution Function Analysis
Add circuit elements directly to a 1D, 2D or 3D
SPICE interface

Plasma Module

Electronegative ICP Microwave Plasma

PECVD
Thermal Plasma
Semiconductor Module
Simulation for Semiconductor
Stationary, Time Dependent simulations
Maxwell-Boltzmann / Fremi-Dirac
for Carrier Statistics
Stationary, Time Dependent simulations
Set for Recombination and Generation
using Direct Band-Gap/ Indirect Band-Gap
Schottky Contact / Ohmic Contact
Two heterojunction model are available
- The Continuous Quasi-Fermi model
- The thermionic emission model

Semiconductor Module

JBS Diodes

Bipolar Transistor MOSFETs

Heat Transfer Module

Conduction, convection and radiation

Radiation
- Surface to surface, Surface to ambient,
- External Radiation Source
- Sun Radiation
- Multi-Wavelength Heat Radiation

Easy to use for modeling a phase change

of materials
Add Moist air fluid type
Bio heat
Thermal contact
Easy to evaluate for heat and energy
balance

Heat Transfer Module

Free Convection Bio heat

Conjugate heat transfer

Structural Mechanics Module

Stress, Strain, Deformation in the

Structural Mechanics.

Linear Elastoplasticity, Linear

Viscoelasticity materials

Contact and friction

Shell, beam, truss, Membrane

Beam Cross Section

Bolt Pre-Tension

Structural Mechanics Module

Contact
Viscoelastic

Beam & Shell Fluid-Structural Interaction

Nonlinear Structural Material Module

Nonlinear Material Models for

Structural Analysis.

Add-on to the Structural Mechanics

Module or MEMS Module.

Elastoplastic, Viscoplastic, Creep,

Hyperelastic Material

Large Deformation

Nonlinear Structural Material Module

Hyperelasticity

Plasticity

Creep
Geomechanics Module

The Geomechanics Module is module for

simulation of geotechnical applications.

Add-on to the Structural Mechanics Module

Willam-Warnke, Bresler-Pister, Ottosen,

Hoek-Brown and other models

Soil, Rocks, Concrete, Brittle materials

Geomechanics Module

Flexible and Smooth Strip Footing

Triaxial test

Deep Excavation
Fatigue Module
structural damage from repeated
loading and unloading

Add-on to the Structural Mechanics

Strain-base (Low Cycle)

Smith-Watson-Topper, Wang-Brown,
and Fatemi-Socie

Stress-base (High Cycle)

Findley, Matake, and Normal Stress

Rainflow Analysis with the Palmgren-

Miner Rule

Fatigue Module

Cylinder with hole

A thin walled frame

Wheel rim
Cylindrical test specimen
 Multibody Dynamics Module
To perform a static or dynamic
analysis

Add-on to the Structural Mechanics

Rigid and flexible elements

Joint conditions

Linear Elastic, Rigid, Plasticity,

Creep Material Model

Degrees of Freedom Initialization

Multibody Dynamics Module

Helicopter Swashplate
Three-Cylinder Reciprocating Engine

Landing Gear
Centrifugal Governor
Acoustics Module
Modeling of acoustics in fluids and solids

Fluid time-harmonic, modal, transient

solid static, transient, eigenfrequency,
frequency-response

Scattered wave , total wave

PML(perfectly matched layers)

unbounded domains

Support for several types of damping

Compute the far field

Acoustics Module

Aeroacoustics

Thermoacoustics
-Muffler

Piezoelectric
Loudspeaker Transducer
CFD Module

Model laminar and turbulent flows in single

or multi phases

Simulation in the free and porous media

flow

Ready coupling of heat and mass transport

to fluid flow
- heat exchangers, turbines, separations
units, and ventilation systems

Thin Screen

Interior Wall

Wall Roughness(k-, k-w model)

CFD Module

Droplet Breakup in a T-junction

Baffled Stirred Mixer

Circulated fluidized bed

Mixer Module

Impeller and a vessel in containing

machinery-based mixers

Used in many industrial processes, such

as the production of consumer products,
pharmaceuticals, food, and fine chemicals.

Free surface

Add-on to the CFD Module

Mixer Module

Non-isothermal mixing Frozen rotor

Microfluidics Module

Easy-to-use tools for the study

microfluidic devices and rarefied
gas flows.

Set up to coupled electrokinetic

and magnetodynamic simulations
easily including electrophoresis,
magnetophoresis, dielectrophoresis,
electroosmosis, and electrowetting.

Slip flow Analysis

Microfluidics Module

Slip flow Electroosmotic Micropump

Electrocoalescence
Subsurface Flow Module

Model single and coupled processes

related to subsurface flow

Oil and gas flow in porous media, the

modeling of groundwater flow, and
the spread of pollution through soil

Subsurface Flow Module

Poroelasticity
Discrete Fracture

Hydrology
Pipe Flow Module
Flow, heat, and mass transport in
pipe networks.

Two-Phase Flow(gas-liquid
mixtures) in Pipes

Velocity, pressure variation,

temperature

1D lines or curves embedded in 2D

or 3D model.

Piping components such as Bend,

Valves, Pumps, T-junctions.

Pipe Flow Module

Non-isothermal pipe flow Water hammer

Molecular Module

Applies to the transitional flow and free

molecular flow regimes.

Fast computations of steady-state free

molecular flow with Angular Coefficient
Method

Design and simulation of vacuum systems

Adsorption, desorption, and deposition

Molecular Module

Differential Pumping
Ion implanter
Chemical Reaction Engineering Module

Couple transport phenomena to

chemical reaction kinetics

Uses reaction formulas to create

models of reacting systems

The composition and temperature

vary with time and space

Access to a variety of thermodynamic

and physical property data through
the CHEMKIN file import feature, and
the CAPE-OPEN interface

Chemical Reaction Engineering Module

Plate Reactor
Monolith Reactor

Boiler Elements
Scale Removal
Batteries & Fuel Cell Module

Study primary, secondary and

tertiary current density distributions
in electrochemical cells
Alkaline FC
Molten Carbonate FC
Direct Methanol FC
Proton Exchange Membrane FC
Solid Oxide FC
Lithium ion battery
Nickel hydride battery
Lead acid battery

Batteries & Fuel Cell Module

Li-ion Battery

Fuel Cell
Electrodeposition Module

Cost effective way of understanding, optimizing, and controlling electrodeposition

through

investigating the influence of the parameters below on the thickness and

composition of deposited layers:

Cell geometry
Electrolyte composition and mixing
Electrode kinetics
Operating potential and average current density
Temperature

Electrodeposition Module

For electrochemical processes

Chrome plating in automotive industry
E-coating
Electro-coloring
Decorative electroplating
Electrodeposition for PCB manufacturing
Anodizing
Corrosion Module

Corrosion and corrosion protection simulations based

on electrochemical principles.

Galvanic, pitting, crevice corrosion, and more.

Cathodic protection.

Space-dependent modeling of simulation of corrosion

of metallic structures

Space-dependent models of corrosion protection of

metallic structures

Corrosion Module

Crevice corrosion

Cathodic corrosion
Oil Platform Corrosion
Electrochemistry

Electroanlaysis

Electrolysis

Electrodialysis

Bioelectrochemistry

Voltammetry

Electrochemistry
chlor-alkali electrodes-membrane unit cells

Cyclic voltammetry

Desalination in an Electrodialysis Cell

 Optimization Module

Topology optimization and

inverse modeling

Material parameter estimation

from measured data

Surface shape optimization

Material Library

Data for 2500 materials

including the elements,
minerals, metal alloys, thermal
insulators, semiconductors,
and piezoelectric materials

External Material Library

- MatWeb (www.matweb.com)
Particle Tracing Module
Lets you compute trajectories of particles in
a fluid or an electromagnetic field.
- Including particle-field interactions,
particle-particle interaction force.

Applications include:
flow visualization
mixing
spraying
particle separation
mass spectrometry
ion optics
beam physics
ion energy distribution functions
acoustic streaming
ray tracing

CAD Import Module

Brings in all major CAD formats

directly into the COMSOL Desktop:
ACIS (.sat, .sab)
Parasolid (.x_t, .x_b, .xmt_bin)
STEP (.step)
IGES (.igs)

Windows, Linux, Mac(64bit)

(Requires CATIA Import Module)

 TM
LiveLink for CAD Products
Associative connection between COMSOL Multiphysics and CAD programs.
Parametric sweeps and design optimization directly CAD programs
- AutoCAD 2013, 2014(3D only)
- Creo Parametric 1.0, 2.0
- Inventor 2013, 2014
- Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 or 5.0
- Solid Edge ST5, ST6
- SolidWorks 2013, 2014
- SpaceClaim 2012, 2012+

One Windows Interface

TM
* LiveLink for SolidWorks , LiveLink for Inventor .
ECAD Import Module

Brings your ECAD files into

COMSOL Multiphysics.

2D layouts are automatically

converted to 3D CAD model.

Edit for layer thickness.

TM
LiveLink for EXCEL

Extend your modeling with

spreadsheet

Controlling the parameters,

variables and mesh or for running a
simulation.

Microsoft office Excel 2007, 2010,

2013

2010 Starter version not support

 TM
LiveLink for MATLAB

Extend your modeling with scripting

Build your own applications

that incorporate your models

MATLAB 2013a or MATLAB 2013b

32, 64Bit

Windows(S.M. / D.M.)

Linux(S.M. / D.M.)

Mac OS X(S.M.)

S.M. = Shared Memory

D.M. = Distributed Memory
 Cluster

Windows HPC Server 2008 (R2), Windows Compute Cluster Server

2003 with SP1, Linux (kernel 2.6.18)
FNL(Floating Network License) NO LIMITED
All Solver Supported Except PARDISO

Modeling procedure - Geometry

Use the built-in drawing

tools in COMSOL
Multiphysics.
Import and repair CAD-
Draw or import the geometry drawings (STEP, IGES,
SAT, Parasolid, ...).
Livelink for CAD program
Import images.
Import data from text files.
Modeling procedure - Physics

Parameters
Variables
Materials
Domains
Physics Settings
Boundary

Modeling procedure - Mesh

Use COMSOL
Multiphysics tools to
create the mesh.
Import the mesh in Nastran
Create the mesh format.
 Modeling procedure - Solve

Type of solvers:
Direct
Iterative
Segregated
Multi-grid
Solve the problem
Solution types:
Model courtesy Comet AG, Switzerland. Stationary
Time dependent
Parametric
many more
Processor support:
Multi-core
Cluster

Modeling procedure post process

Images
Surfaces
Arrows
Streamlines
Particle tracing
Post process the results
Lines
Volumes
Slices
Iso-surfaces
Movies
Graphs
Data files (e.g to Excel)
Report
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 Geometry & CAD

Contents

Start Transforms
Ribbon Geometry subsequence
Menu If, Eles if
2D Geometry CAP Face
3D Geometry Bidirectional CAD
( LiveLinks for CAD Products)
More primitives
Fillet / Chamfer
Work-plane
Sweep / Direct Sweep
Embed / Extrude / Revolve /
Direct Extrude/ Revolve
Boolean operation
Start

Start
Ribbon

Menu
2D Geometry

3D Geometry
Bzier Polygon

Eccentric cone
Ellipsoid

Helix
Hexahedron

Interpolation Curve
Parametric Curve
Parametric Curve feature allows for creation of
curve based on analytical expressions (sin, exp) or
look-up table data (interpolation tables).
Parametric curve make it possible to create curve in
the 2D/3D

Parametric Curve
Parametric Surfaces
Parametric Surfaces feature allows for creation of
surfaces based on analytical expressions (sin, exp)
or look-up table data (interpolation tables).
Parametric surfaces make it possible to create 3D
surfaces based on coordinate functions using two
surface parameters

Parametric Surfaces
Polygon

Fillet / Chamfer (2D)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)
Work Plane

Quick Face Parallel

Work Plane in 3D
Sweep

Direct Sweep
Embed / Extrude / Revolve

2D Geometry Embed

Revolve

Extrude

Direct Extrude / Revolve

Example

Example

(5)

(4)

(3)

(2)

(1)
Compose
cyl1 blk1

+ - *

Partition / Cross Section

Array

1.2

Move
Copy

Rotate

45
Mirror

Scale
Geometry Subsequence

If, Else If
Cap Faces

Covering the ends of fluid channels and subsequently mesh the

interior of imported CAD parts.
Select the edges that trace out the surface to be formed.
Easier transition from a purely mechanical model to a fluid or fluid-
structure interaction (FSI) model.
Need for CAD Import Module.

Cap Faces
 LiveLinks for CAD version

Version CAD Import Module

LiveLink for Inventor 2013 / 2014 6 to 11, 2008-2013(part)
11, 2008-2013(assembly)
LiveLink for Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 / 5.0 16 to Wildfire 5
LiveLink for AutoCAD 2013 / 2014
LiveLink for SpaceClaim 2012 / 2012+
LiveLink for Solid Edge ST5, ST6
LiveLink for SolidWorks 2013 / 2014 98-2013
LiveLink for Creo Paramertic 1.0, 2.0 1.0, 2.0

Bidirectional CAD
- Autodesk AutoCAD 2013, 2014(3D only)
- Creo Parametric 1.0, 2.0
- Autodesk Inventor 2013, 2014
- Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 or 5.0
- Solid Edge ST5, ST6
- SolidWorks 2013, 2014
- SpaceClaim 2012, 2012+
LiveLink Interfaces
COMSOL
Multiphysics
Transfer parameters to CAD
program

Updated
Regenerate CAD geometry and Parameters
geometry
transfer to COMSOL

CADprogram
activeCADfile

Automatic Parametric Sweep

Settings on geometry are
retained in the COMSOL model
Automatic mesh, solve, post-
COMSOL
processing
Multiphysics

Updated
geometry Parameters

CADprogram
activeCADfile
 Automatic Import CAD Parameter
Automatically link parameter names from CAD Programs to COMSOL
for easier set up of parametric sweeps.
Used in Inventor, Pro/engineer, Creo Parametric, Solidworks, SolidEdge,
SpaceClaim

Synchronize material group

Synchronizing the geometry between SolidWorks and COMSOL
now also includes material selections.

TM
* LiveLink for SolidWorks
One Windows Interface

TM
* LiveLink for SolidWorks , LiveLink for Inventor .

LiveLink Module Animation

Material

Material
 Physics Settings

Contents

Material / Add Physics Global Equations /PDE

Multiphysics node interface
Domain & Boundary Setting Particle Tracing
Group
Parameters
Variables
Mass Properties
Functions
Component Coupling
Copy / Duplicate
Selection
Equation View
Material Rendering

Add Physics
Multiphysics node

Domain & Boundary Setting

Domain

Boundary

Edges

Points
Group
In Global definition, Definition, Physics condition

Parameters
Variables

Global Variable
Local Variable
Entire model
Domain
Boundary
Edge
Point

(t), (x, y, z, r, phi, theta )

Example

keff = (300*(x<0.2)+(2*T[1/K])*(x>=0.2)*(x<=0.8)+400*(x>0.8))[W/(m*K)]

Temperature keff
Mass Properties

Functions

Global Function

Local Function
Functions - Analytic

Temp(a,b,c)

<Temperature>

Functions - Piecewise

Keff(T)=15+1.4e-7*T^2+3.4e-14*T^3

<Temperature> <Keff(T)>
Functions - Interpolation

Data File Table

DEM Import

Import of topographic data

DEM format from U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS)
DEM=Digital Elevation Map
Sometimes referred to as GIS import ;
GIS=Geographic Information System.
Many GIS software packages can save
data to DEM format.
Combine DEM surfaces with solids in
COMSOL to form a volumetric
representation of geometry and mesh
Model for example subsurface flow,
electromagnetics, structural mechanics
 Image Import
Original image = viscosity

2D image import
Use gray-scale image data for material
distribution
For averaged calculations, or
homogenization: going from microscopic
quantities like conductivity, permittivity,
elasticity, or porosity to an equivalent
macroscopic homogeneous value Fast laminar flow computation using ap
proximate interpolated viscosity
For speeding up computations where
only approximate results are needed
Supported formats:
JPG, JPEG
BMP
PNG
GIF

Other functions

<Rectangle> <Step> <Gaussian>

<Random> <Triangle>
<Ramp>

<Waveform>
MATLAB Function Call from the COMSOL GUI

Use MATLAB functions in material

properties, boundary settings, etc.
No need to start
COMSOL with MATLAB
Function path needs to be set in
MATLAB

Component Couplings
Component Couplings

Extrusion

Projection

Component Couplings(Scalar)

Integration

Average

Maximum

Minimum

 Extrusion

Projection
Integration

2T
T d

300K
500K

Copy - Duplicate

Copy/Paste from one menu to an

other (e.g. Plot Group 2 to Plot
Group 3)

Duplicate within the same menu

Available for Global/Local

definitions, Geometry,
Physics(conditions), Study, Mesh
and Results
Selection

Coordinate-Based Selections

Coordinate-based selections based on x-y-z box, ball and cylinder

Boolean operations on box and ball primitives
Usage:
When working with slightly modified versions of the same part.
Quick way of repeating a simulation without having to change any material
settings, boundary conditions or mesh parameters.
Box & ball can be parameterized in the same way as geometry objects.
 Fixed Constraints

Equations display Settings Window

Hidden by default
Dotted line for the
corresponding feature
Controlled by Study type
by default
Equation view

Global Equations

ODE

Gravitational force

x Fg Fz
m
Force that the water exerts on the grain

Show => Advanced Physics Interface Options .

 Global Equations

Fluid

Solid

PDE Forms

4
q=10W/m2
T=293.15K
1

T
Cp k T Q
t
Steady-State
k =1 W/m/K
Q=0
Coefficient Form

Domain
u T c 1 a f 0
Boundary Conditions

2,3 : Zero flux q=g=0

1 : Flux/Source q=0, g=10
4 : Dirichlet q=g=0, r=293.15

General Form

Domain
Tx Ty F 0
Boundary Conditions

2,3 : Zero flux q=g=0

1 : Flux/Source q=0, g=10
4 : Dirichlet q=g=0, r=293.15
 Weak Form
u R
da dA F dA G
ds

t u

Domain
weak = -test(Tx)*Tx-test(Ty)*Ty
Boundary Conditions

2,3 : Zero flux q=g=0

1 : Flux/Source q=0, g=10
4 : Dirichlet q=g=0, r=293.15

PDE and ODE Interfaces

Coefficient Form PDE, General Form PDE, Weak Form PDE on surfaces
& edges.
Applications:
surface diffusion
accumulation of material on boundaries
equation-based shell modeling for any type of physics.
Distributed ODE and DAE interfaces.
Applications:
bioheating damage computations
material creep
any material-memory simulations where the material state is
represented with a unique state-variable at each point in the
computational volume.
Convection-Diffusion Equation and Heat Equation in Classical PDEs
 Particle Tracing

Lets you compute trajectories of particles in a

fluid or an electromagnetic field.
- Including particle-field interactions, particle-particle
interaction force.

Mixing in a static mixer

Applications include:
flow visualization beam physics
mixing ion energy
spraying distribution
particle separation functions
mass spectrometry acoustic streaming
ion optics ray tracing

Particle Interfaces

There are three physics interfaces included with the

Particle Tracing Module
Mathematical Particle Tracing
Specify the equations of motion using Massless, Newtonian,
Lagrangian or Hamiltonian formulations
Complete freedom over the equations solved allows, for
example, ray tracing to be modeled
Charged Particle Tracing
Model ion and electron trajectories in electric and magnetic
fields
Easy to define electric, magnetic and collisional forces
Particle Tracing for Fluid Flow
Model microscopic and macroscopic particles in a fluid
Includes drag, gravitational, dielectrophoretic,
acoustophoretic and many other forces
 Mesh

Contents

Menu
Free Mesh Predefine
Free Mesh Scale
Mapped Mesh
Swept Mesh
Boundary Layer Mesh
Copy Mesh
CAD Repair and Defeaturing
Virtual Geometry Operations
Physics Controlled Meshing
Assembly
Mesh Import
Mesh Selections for Creating New Boundaries and Domains
Mesh Algorithms

Free Mesher (triangles, quads, tetrahedral)

Mapped Mesher (quads)
Swept Mesher (prisms, hexahedra)
Boundary Layer Mesher

Automatic and interactive meshing

Mapped
Free tetrahedral Mixed
Model courtesy Metelli S.p.A.

Boundary layer Adaptive

Swept
Menu

2D

3D

Free Mesh

<Delaunay><Advancing> <Quad>

2D 3D
Geometric entity level

< Domain >

< Remaining > < Entire geometry >

Free Mesh

<Default> <Subdomain>
<Boundary>
Free Mesh

<Maximum element size = 0.5> <Minimum element size = 0.08>

<default mesh>

<Maximum element growth rate = 2> <Resolution of curvature = 0.8>

<Resolution of narrow regions = 4>

Free Mesh
Mapped Mesh
3

1 4

<Quad> <Mapped>

Mapped Mesh

1 4

2
Mapped Mesh

Swept Mesh
Free Mesh

Copy mesh

Copy domain, edge and boundary meshes also for multi-segmented geometry
objects (N-to-N)
 CAD Repair and Defeaturing

Small
Faces

before

after

Virtual Geometry Operations

Way for mesher to skip over unimportant CAD features

Difference compared to defeaturing

Available 2D and 3D geometry

 Virtual Geometry Operations

Physics Controlled Meshing

Available with CFD

and Plasma modules Inlet Wall
Outlet
Automatic meshing of
computational domains
as per the underlying
physics
Boundary layers are
applied at the no-slip
walls
Pre-defined sizes are
more suitable to the
fluid flow analysis
Laminar flow k- model Low Re k- model
 Assembly

Fails to create a composite geometry

Each part in an assembly gets a
separate mesh
Apply boundary conditions where the
dependent variable is discontinuous at
the interface between two parts
With Imprints Without Imprints

Assembly

Decomposition Assembly with Imprints Assembly without Imprints

No. Element No. Element No. Element

495 250 240

Assembly

Assembly , No pairs Assembly + Pairs

Union

Assembly
Useful to define the sets of source and destination as
contract pairs and identity pairs
Mesh Import & Export

NASTRAN bulk data file

- Most common mesh file format
- First and second order elements

Start modeling from a mesh

- Skip the step of creating a geometry and mesh

Mesh Selections for Creating

New Boundaries and Domains
Statistics

Study
Contents

Menu Time Units in Studies

Physics selection Adaptive Mesh Refinement
Direct / Iterative Moving mesh
Fully Coupled / Segregated Convergence Plot
Plot While Solving
Probe
Update Solution
Parametric sweep
Accumulated Probe Table
Open Recovery File
Continue
Select Mesh

Menu
Physics selection

Use

Not Use

Disable

Solver Direct / Iterative

Direct

Iterative
Solver Fully Coupled / Segregated

Fully Coupled

Segregated

Solver Fully Coupled / Segregated

A Direct
Iterative

Direct
B Iterative

C Direct Fully Coupled

Iterative Segregated

D
Plot while solving

t=0

t=5

t=10

t=20

Probe
Update Solution

Added or edited variables and want to use these during postprocessing

without having to solve the model again.

Changed the element order and want to interpolate the solution onto the
new elements for results analysis or other purposes.

Remeshed or modified a geometry and want to interpolate the solution onto

the new geometry for results analysis or other purposes.

Parametric Sweep

Use the parameterize physics, Geometry, Mesh

1 2

4
Accumulated Probe Tables
and Response Surfaces

A new Accumulated Probe Table feature enables a Probe to write multipar

ameter data to tables
Efficient for large parametric sweeps where only a few derived scalar values need to be sav
ed per parametric step
Response surface plots of multivariate output data

Open Recovery File

Continue

Stop / Open Recovery File

Continue

Select Mesh
Time Units in Studies

Choice of preferred unit for the time (t)variable for studies

Internally, seconds are always used (affects solver settings)
Preferred unit for time is also used for Results
Easy to convert between time units with Interpolation

Adaptive Mesh Refinement

Time-Dependent Adaptive Mesh Refinement
Important applications:
two-phase flow
simulations with sharp diffusion fronts
Automatically refines mesh where the solution changes quickly or
based on a user defined error indicator like sqrt(Tx^2+Ty^2)
Time-dependent adaptive meshing is not limited to two-phase flow
and diffusion but is available for any time-dependent simulations.

The picture shows an example

of transient mesh adaption for
the simulation of an inkjet.
Automatic Remeshing for Moving Meshes

Use for Moving Mesh (ALE)

When the mesh is deformed beyond a user-defined mesh quality
threshold, the automatic remeshing kicks in and the simulation is
automatically continued starting from the new mesh.

Examples of automatic remeshing:

Left: Remeshing steps for a prescribed sinusoidal d

eformation of the top surface of a block.

Right: Elements before and directly after an automa

tic remesh. This copper deposition model is availabl
e in the Electrodeposition Module Model Library.
Convergence Plot

Result
Contents

Menu Point / Global / Global Matrix

and Particle evaluation
2D, 3D, 1D and Polar Plot
Group Particle Post Processing
Histogram / Nyquist / Multislice Report generator
/ Ribbon Plot / FFT
Legends
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 Fully-coupled Physics with
Joule Heating and CFD

Introductions

Potential (or Electric Field) Temperature

Temperature Electric Conductivity Electric Field
Temperature Structural Mechanics Properties
Temperature Fluid Properties
Fluid Structural Mechanics
Structural Mechanics Fluid Flow
 Introductions

7
Fluid dynamics
FSI 1
2 Convection Density, Viscosity = f(T) 4
Heat Source (Joule Heating) = f(E)
Structural Analysis, Electromagentic
thermal expansion
heat transfer
fields
Thermal Young Modulus
6 Electrical Conductivity = f(T)
Expansion Possions Ratio
Coefficient = f(T) 3
5
Thermal analysis
in solids

Geometry

Temperature field defined in both solid and fluid domains

The fluid flow equations are only defined in the fluid domain
The static electric field is only defined in the solid domain
The Structural analysis is only defined in the solid domain

Outlet

Metal wire heated

using an electric current

Inlet
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Model Wizard
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Parameters & Material

Global Definitions > Parameters

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Domain
Boundary

Laminar Flow (Domain)

Laminar Flow (Boundary)

Heat Transfer in Fluids (Domain)

Heat Transfer in Fluids (Boundary)

Electric Currents
Solid Mechanics (Domain)

Solid Mechanics (Boundary)

Multiphysics

Mesh & Study

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