Accurate inflow/outflow calculation
Hi, I'm using the Free&Porous workflow, but the question is also applicable to Navier-Stokes. I have an inlet and use NormalVelocity boundary condition which, it seems sets up a Lagrange multiplier...
View ArticleModelling of Flat Spiral Coil
Hello, I am trying to model Flat Spiral Coil, but I am not able to model it satisfactorily. It will be really good if you can help me out in the same. Thanking you in advance. Sincerely, Ronak.
View Articleweak constraint in" benchmark model of ccp"
Hi ,guys. I am confused by the use of weak constraint in model library ”Benchmark model of a capacitively coupled plasma" .more specific I don't understand why "J_total= intop1(-d(V_lm,t))" ,ie the...
View ArticleWhich BC needed?
Hey there, I am quite new to comsol so maybe there is an easy way to do it. I have a pipe with an internal helix structure which is repeated after a 180° twist. I want to use this symmetry to save...
View ArticleQuestions about "bouyancy water" model
Hi, guys I have been learning the "bouyancy water" model of the "model libraries" these days , it's a simple model——temperature differential produces density variation that drives the bouyancy flow in...
View ArticleTransient heat transfer
Hi everyone I'm struggling with a case of heat transfer from hot billet to a cold billet bay. I have started with a simplified model with no convection. The ultimate goal is to analyze thermal stress...
View ArticleConfinement losses in soft glass step-index fibers. Comparison with published...
Dear community, I am currently looking into the confinement losses with respect to wavelength for different fiber types: SIF, PCF, ... . To check my models for the simplest type (SIF) I found a...
View ArticleDBD plasma actuator model
Hello everyone, I am trying to study gas discharge at atmospheric pressure using a dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator (2D geometry) consisting of two electrodes, one exposed to air gas at...
View ArticleThermal expansion with temperature dependent CTE
Hi all, I want to model the thermal expansion of a structure made of two different materials whose coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) depends on temperature. To do so, I defined two piecewise...
View ArticleAnisotropic diffusion coefficients in Maxwell-Stefan equation
Dear experts, Using Maxwell-Stefan equation for diffusion, I want to set anisotrpic values for the diffusion coefficients. This can be easily done if I use Fick's equation but it does not look...
View ArticleTime-stepping
Hi, I would like to run some simulations which use an exponential time step, and I have figured out how to set that in my "range" of solutions shown, but I was also wondering if there was a way to have...
View ArticleHow to define the incident light area in Mode Analysis?
Hi all, I want to do mode analysis of a rib waveguide, as shown in attached figure (a). But the modes I got are not guided in the waveguide, as shown in attached figure (b). I think the incident light...
View ArticleExtracting Eigenvalues and Eigenvector using Eigenfrequency study
Hello, I was successfully able to extract the first N (~ 50) eigenvalues, using Eigenfrequency study and Solid Mechanics physics setup. I use the export option to write out the frequencies and...
View ArticleNo-homogeneous initial condition
Hello I am trying to build a mass transport model that has a higher solute concentration in a region than in other of the same domain. Is this possible in COMSOL? How?
View ArticleLink two models PDE and Thermal Stress
Hi there, I am new in COMSOL, using the version 4.4. I am using two model. One is "coefficient of PDE(c)" and other is "thermal stress model". Both are time dependent. The variables I am getting from...
View ArticleMeshing a Square into 8 equal triangles
Hi, How would you go about meshing a square into 8 equal spaced triangles? I managed to go into free triangular 1 --> distribution This lets me set the boundaries on the mesh. When i set it to 1, i...
View ArticleIvar Kjelberg- Problem on Joule Heating analysis over a thin geometry
Dear Ivar, (After patient waiting I had to direct the query to you,sir! ;) Dont mind) I am trying to simulate Joule Heating analysis for a very thin geometry (description- 4 domains over each other...
View Articlerunning integration of variable in time domain
Hi everybody Short version: How to do a running integration/averaging of a time-dependent variable on a fixed length time interval? E.g. from time-dependent variable v I want to calculate a new...
View ArticleGeneralized Laplace Equation
Hello everyone, Does anyone have any idea how to set up a Generalized Laplace Equation to a model? I tried to solve it using the Poisson's equation ( ∇·(-c∇u)=f ), where i put f=0 and the dependent...
View ArticleSurface to Surface and Ambient radiation, can't evaluate epsilon_rad
Hello all. I am simulating a hot-plate in vacuum that is at a certain boundary held at 400C and at another boundary thermally anchored to room temperature. Since the system is in vacuum, the only...
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