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Multiphysics Simulations Help Track Underground Fluid Movements

A. Haas, H. Mahardika, M. Karaoulis, and A. Revil
Colorado School of Mines, USA

Combining acoustic and electromagnetic analyses helps scientists to more efficiently measure and survey subterranean regions. Acoustic waves can travel long distances, but have limitations when it comes to providing details about formation properties, and cannot be used to identify the ... Read More

Modeling the Electrochemistry of Blood Glucose Test Strips

Stephen Mackintosh
Lifescan Scotland
UK

Lifescan Scotland is a medical device company that designs and manufactures blood glucose monitoring kits for the global diabetes market. These involve the self-monitoring of blood glucose levels through specialized monitoring systems and test strips that comprise of a plastic substrate, ... Read More

Multiphysics Simulation Helps Miele to Optimize Induction Stove Designs

Christian Schröder
mieletec FH Bielefeld
Germany

Holger Ernst
Miele
Germany

The induction stove was designed to meet a consumer need for better precision and speed than traditional stoves. Designers were tasked with improving the energy efficiency of the induction coils-stovepot interaction considering both the thermal and electromagnetics of the system. Miele, ... Read More

Modeling Inertial Focusing in Straight and Curved Microfluidic Channels

J. Martel and M. Toner
Biomems Resource Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
USA

N. Elabbasi, D. Quinn, and J. Bergstrom
Veryst Engineering
USA

In many medical procedures and tests, it is necessary to isolate cells of interest for further analysis. Microfluidics has revolutionized the way in which these tests are conducted enabling, for example, the ability to detect cancer from a blood sample. One of the most promising ... Read More

Magnets Improve Quality of High-Power Laser Beam Welding

M. Bachmann, V. Avilov, A. Gumenyuk, and M. Rethmeier
BAM Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
Germany

High-power laser beam welding uses a localized heat source to achieve narrow deep welds and high welding rates. Engineers run into some difficulties because the use of a localized heat source often results in the distortion of metal components; spattering and the ejection of droplets ... Read More

Switching Made Easy

Matthias Richwin,
Leopold Kostal GmbH,
Dortmund, Germany

Modern cars offer a wide range of complex functionality that comes with several design challenges. This story discusses some of the necessary updates to a roof module in a premium car and the charging system of an electric car. The roof module of a particular model houses several ... Read More

MRI Tumor-Tracked Cancer Treatment

Gino Fallone and colleagues
Cross Cancer Institute
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Radiation therapy targeting in cancer treatment involves many uncertainties, including the movement of targeted sites due to breathing and the like. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can accurately identify the location of a tumor in soft tissue, but unfortunately its magnetic field can ... Read More

Multiphysics Simulations Enable Development of Fast, Cheap MEMS-Based Bacteria Detector

Monika Weber
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Professor Mark Reed and his team at Yale University are using COMSOL Multiphysics to develop a MEMS-based solution for detecting bacteria in blood. Called the α Screen, it will provide analyses speedily, accurately, and cost-effectively. Such a device would greatly help the food ... Read More

Conjugate Heat Transfer

Luke T. Gritter, Jeffrey S. Crompton, Sergei Yushanov, and Kyle C. Koppenhoefer
AltaSim Technologies
Columbus, OH
USA

This is an application brief describing the concept of Conjugate Heat Transfer, which is important in many industrial processes, such as quenching. In this brief, they simulate the heat transfer with and without phase transformation to analyze the rate of heat dissipation with respect ... Read More

Simulation-Based Design of New Implantable Hearing Device

Patrik Kennes
Cochlear Technology Centre, Mechelen, Belgium

Cochlear Technology Centre Europe (CTCE) develops new technology for hearing implants. Their current work is with a new type of hearing implant, a Direct Acoustic Cochlear Implant called CodacsTM. This product imposes structural, pressure waves directly to the cochlea, stimulating it ... Read More