Rotate Plane View
Is there a way to select to xz plane view and rotate the view so the z axis is point up? I want to take screen shots to put into a report, but I need my model to be seen as standing up. There should be...
View ArticleError while processing
Sir, While computing the results for my model, I got an error which says" Failed to find consistent initial values. Segregated group 2 Out of memory during assembly. Last time step is not converged. -...
View ArticleViolating basic transformer equation
Hello all , I am doing simulation of two coil system with some gap between the coil , the problem is I defined the No.of turns in Multi turn coil domain and excited with voltage of 220 V , When i am...
View ArticleMetal Hydride Storage Simulation
Hello I am trying to explore the possibility of using COMSOL to simulate the Hydrogen storage in solid metal hydride. I have seen several papers using COMSOL for this purpose. I still do not have the...
View ArticleSolid mechanics and element settings
Hi! I am analysing stresses and displacements of simple 2D steel plate with Comsol 4.2. I need to get results calculated by triangle linear plane stress elements for comparison. How can I change...
View ArticleHow to calculate the displacement of crack
I need to find the displacement (u) of a crack on a 2D centre crack plate under a load. I need to find how large the crack has gotten under the load How can I do this?
View Articlemef in time dependent
Hello to everyone. I have one question regarding the possibility to carry out a Time Dependent Study in mef. There is one good example of Integrated Square-Shaped Spiral Inductor...
View Article2D interpolation of material properties as function of Temperature and Pressure?
Hi, I see that COMSOL 4.2a allows 2D interpolations, how would that be used to interpolate fluid properties, such as density, conductivity, cp, etc, as functions of temperature and pressure of the...
View ArticleUsing interpolation to define temperature-dependent material properties
Hi, I am a COMSOL beginner. Trying to added a file containing temperatures and measured material properties and then utilize an interpolation function to define the temperature-dependent material...
View ArticleProblem with 3D PDE thin layer mesh
Hi everyone I encountered a problem with meshing a thin layer(~10e-6m) with 3D PDE model. I am not sure how to mesh such thin layer. Has anyone managed to mesh a similar case? Looking forward to your...
View Articleconfusion between comsol 3.5a and 4.3a
hello everyone, It might be a noob question, but could anyone please tell me how this should work in comsol 4.3a. So in comsol 3.5a in order to save the normalized electric field i just did this:...
View ArticleHeat loss in hydraulic hose
Hi, I'm working on an project where it's in my interest to find the heat loss to the surroundings, from the hydraulic fluid inside a hose. I have access to Comsol Multiphysics 4.3 through my work and...
View ArticleScaling of motional mass
Hello everyone, Thanks to this forum I have found out how to calculate the motional mass for different vibrational structures. The calculation of (MPF_mod1.u^2)/(TotalMass) and for v and w gives a nice...
View ArticlePlotting the gap distance variable
I am trying to do something very simple, but it doesn't seem to be intuitive. I have a contact pair in the structural mechanics module and I want to plot the gap distance variable as a function of...
View ArticlePreparation of figures for papers/thesis?
If it has been written somewhere, can someone point me to where there is a guide to producing figures from 2D plots? I am using COMSOL 4.2a, and want to use some surface plots alongside legends of the...
View ArticleLivelink/Import 2D Drawings from Solid Works
Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to import a 2-D drawing done on Solid Works to COMSOL without going through the trouble of saving a file and importing this manually in COMSOL. I mean can I just do...
View Articlephotonic bandgap based photonic integrated circuits (PICs)
how can we design PICs in comsol 4.3a and provide me basic concept to design and split the light in it.
View ArticleModelling Langevin equation
Hi all, I try to figure out, whether it is possible to introduce a random contribution in time-dependent calculations. So does anyone knows, if it is possible to introduce a variable, which value (0 or...
View Articlecalling a function on comsol 3.5a
Hi all, I am using the comsol 3.5a and wrote a function of a linear intrpolation of a table called myFun. now myFun is not a function of x (the geometrical component) it is a function of the variable...
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