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Multiphysics Simulations
Speaker:
Nicolas Huc, Ph.D.
COMSOL France
Moderator:
Matin Durrani
Physics World
Heat Transfer Engineering
• Wide application area ... truly multidisciplinary!
continuous casting
Disc Brake
Bioheating with Microwaves & AC Current cooling flange
Traditional approach to modeling
COMSOL Multiphysics supports it all
Multiphysics: Multiple Interacting Phenomena
Could be simple:
• Heat convected by Flow
Could be complex:
• Local temperature sets
reaction rates
• Multiple exothermic
reactions
• Convected by flow in pipes
and porous media
• Viscosity strongly
temperature dependent
Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Application examples
3. Setting up two models
1. Microwave heating
2. Heat transfer in a light bulb
4. Conclusion and questions
Application examples
Electronic Component Cooling
Temperature
50x Deformation
Stress
Natural Convection - Optimize Window Gap
• Conduction & Natural Convection
12 mm Optimum
Air/vacuum
TE10
waveguide
(not shown)
4µm wide PMLs
truncate
domain without
“Collimating” reflections
lens
Time evolution of Lens Changes
Local
Temperature
Index of
Refraction
Lens
Deformation
Water cooling
of PV-cells
Include:
• Heat of Solidification
• Nonlinear Thermal
Properties
Liquid Metal
z Solid
Results, Length of Melted Zone
u=1 m/s u=1.4 m/s u= 2.3 m/s
• Solidification Boundary
Seen in Thermal & Flow Phase
change
Freezing Water
Water Ctr.
Temperature [K]
Water Container
Airstream
Water
Latent heat
Container
~10 hours
Ice
Time
BioHeating – Electrical & Thermal
t
TimeAtT (T 50C )dt t
Ae
E
0
RT
dt
0
d TimeAtT
(T 50C ) d E RT ln( A ) E RT
dt Ae e e
dt
d
da
u
F expln( A) E RT
t dt
2. Create Geometry
3. Assign Materials
5. Mesh
6. Solve
7. Analyze results
EXAMPLE #1 – Microwave Heating
2 Physics
• Heat Transfer
• RF Electromagnetics
Import Geometry
• Provides Emissivity as
Function of Temperature
• Used by Surface-to-Surface
Radiation Boundary
Condition
Overall Conjugate Heat Transfer Settings
• Multiphysics
• Flexible
• Extensible
Conclusion
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