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

Cooling and Solidification: In this model, continuous casting processing of a metal rod from melted to solid state is... Free Convection in a Water Glass: This model treats the free convection and heat transfer of a glass of cold water...
Fluid-Structure Interaction with Two Fluid Phases: The following example demonstrates techniques for modeling a... Sloshing Tank: Transport of large quantities of fluid can happen in unstable environments. A perfect example is an oil...
Fluid-Structure Interaction: This is a model exemplifying how fluid-structure interactions can be modeled using COMSOL... Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media: The first model describes the simultaneous flow of two immiscible fluids in porous media...
Removing Contaminants in a Secondary Sedimentation Clarifier: Wastewater treatment is a several-step process for... Forced Convection Cooling of Horizontal Circuit Board: In this suite of models, temperature distribution and fluid flow...
Droplet Breakup in a T-junction: Emulsions consist of small liquid droplets immersed in an immiscible liquid and widely... FSI in a Peristaltic Pump: In a peristaltic pump, rotating rollers squeeze a flexible tube. As the rollers move along...
Fluid-Structure Interaction in Aluminum Extrusion: In massive forming processes like rolling or extrusion, metal alloys... The Action of Boiling Water from Two Adjacent Nozzles: Boiling flow is an example of phase transition initiated by...
Two-Phase Flow Modeling of a Dense Suspension: Liquid-solid mixtures (suspensions) are important in a variety of... Thermal Decomposition of a Chemical through a Parallel Plate Reactor: This model investigates the unimolecular...
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