Fluid Mechanics (CFD)

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COMSOL Reveals Unknown Effects in Process InstrumentationCFD:
COMSOL Reveals Unknown Effects in Process Instrumentation

MKS Instruments, Wilmington, MA
Modeling has become invaluable in MKS Instruments' development of first-class mass-flow controllers for the process industry. They have gained a detailed...

Always Check Your Results!Teaching:
Always Check Your Results!

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Partial differential equations form the theoretical basis for ready-to-use modeling packages in transport phenomena. Understanding the implementation and...

Fine Tuning for Water PurificationCivil Engineering:
Fine Tuning for Water Purification

Amsterdam Water Supply (AWS), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Water Supply AWS of the Netherlands produces some of the cleanest drinking water in the world, almost 100 million cubic meters per year in fact....

Taking a Bearing on QualityPackaging:
Taking a Bearing on Quality

ASM Assembly Automation Ltd of Hong Kong
Porous air bearings are a critical element of high-precision machinery thanks to their essentially frictionless operation, high speed, and accuracy. Thanks to...

Fighting Fires Without WaterSafety:
Fighting Fires Without Water

UTRC, East Hartford, CT & Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
UTRC brings their vast experience to bear on designing ways to snuff out fires with inert gas. For their work, a single COMSOL file contains a number of...

Model Examples

Continuous Casting: This example models the casting process of a metal rod from melted to solid state using the... Fluid-Structure Interaction: This model demonstrates how to set up a fluid-structure interaction problem in COMSOL...
Boiling Water: Boiling flow is an example of phase transition initiated by raising the temperature of a liquid above its... Porous Reactor with Injection Needle: This model treats the flow field and species distribution in an experimental...
Fluid-Structure Interaction in a Network of Blood Vessels: This model refers to a portion of the vascular system of a... Turbulent Flow Through a Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger: This model studies a part of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger...
Two-Phase Flow Modeling of a Dense Suspension: Liquid-solid mixtures (suspensions) are important in a variety of... NOx Reduction in a Monolithic Reactor: This suite of examples illustrate the modeling of selective NO reduction, that...
Convection Cooling of Circuit Boards: Forced and Natural Convection: The suite of models examine the air cooling of... Pore-Scale Flow: This non-conventional model of porous media flow utilizes Navier-Stokes equations in the interstices of...
Tilted Pad Thrust Bearing: Tilted pad thrust bearings are used in rotating machineries with high thrust loading. The... Sloshing Tank: Transport of large quantities of fluid can happen in unstable environments. A perfect example is an oil...
Free Convection in a Light Bulb: This model treats the free convection of argon gas within a light bulb. It shows the... Peristaltic Pump: In a peristaltic pump, rotating rollers squeeze a flexible tube. As the rollers move along the tube,...
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