Abstracts for the European COMSOL Conference 2008

Acoustics

• Dependence of a far-field acoustic emission on the radiating surface
• Simulation of the Acoustic Environment for the Manufacture of Graded Porosity Materials by Sonication
• Development of a methodology for the resolution of thermo-acoustical problems in complex domanis
• Improved Perfectly Matched Layers for Acoustic Radiation and Scattering Problems
• Sound Attenuation by Hearing Aid Earmold Tubing
• Analyzing Muffler Performance Using the Transfer Matrix Method
• Validation of the Acoustic Finite Element Model of a Very Light Jet Cavity Mock-up
• Sound Propagation through Circular Ducts with Spiral Element Inside
• Linear Water Wave Propagation around Structures
• Identification of Noise Sources by Means of Inverse Finite Element Method

Bioscience and Bioengineering

• Coupled Fluid-Structural Analysis of Heart Mitral Valve
• Construction of a 3D thorax Model Using Anatomical References and Landmarks for Bioelectrical Studies
• Simulation of Precise Bipolar Micro Dissection of Biological Tissue Means of an Adjustable Virtual Loop
• A Numerical Model of Diaphragmatic Electromyographic Signal
• Modeling of Respiratory Lung Motion as a Contact Problem of Elasticity Theory
• Exact Simulating of Human Arteries Using Lumped Model and Probing Constriction in Femoral and Carotid Arteries
• Assuming Thickness for Disk and Bearing in Analyzing
• Theoretical approach to a surface determined vascular resistance reduction
• Image Based-Mesh Generation for realistic Simulation of the Transcranial Current Stimulation

Earth Science

• Accuracy Tests for COMSOL - and Delauney Meshes
• Heterogeneous Axial Symmetric Crustal Deformation Model for Long Valley Caldera, California
• Numerical Simulation of a Borehole Energy Storage System Within the COMSOL Multiphysics Environment
• Finite Element Models of Elasto-Plastic Deformation in Volcanic Areas
• Lava Tubes at Shallow Depth
• Dynamic Analysis of Porous Media using Finite Element Method
• The Calculation of Safety and Performance Indicators for the Evaluation of the Safety of a Geological Radioactive Waste Repository
• Building a Robust Numerical Model for Mass Transport Through Complex Porous Media
• Modelling the Thermal Impact of a Repository for High-Level Radioactive Waste in a Clay Host Formation
• Deep-Seated Spreading Model Tested on Etna Mount with FEM
• Does the Agulhas-Falkland Fracture Zone accommodate the uplift of the African continent?

Electromagnetics

• Modelling of Seismoelectric Effects
• Resonances in Tapered Double-Port TEM Waveguides
• Field-Circuit Coupling Applied to Inductive Fault-Current Limiters
• Calculating Iron Losses Taking into Account Effects of Manufacturing Processes
• Magnetic ratchet
• Interactions of Magnetic Particles in a Rotational Magnetic Field
• Ignition Process of Microplasmas
• Simulations of Processes relevant to Low-Pressure Plasmas
• On boundary conditions for CSEM finite element modeling
• Computation of Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Fields for an Augmented Reality Environment
• Simulation-based Investigation of Spatial Sensitivity Distribution of Wire-Mesh Sensors
• Using Perturbation Force Analysis for the Design of a Levitron: an Application of Magnetic Levitation
• Multiple Solutions in the Theory of DC Glow Discharges
• Modeling Ion Motion in a Miniaturized Ion Mobility Spectrometer
• Track Visualisation of Charged Particles in a Dipole Magnetic Field
• Classification of the Destruction Effects in CMOS-Devices Caused by the Impact of Fast Transient Electromagnetic Pulses
• Design of a high field gradient electromagnet for magnetic drug delivery to a mouse brain
• Multiphysics Simulation of Thermoelectric Systems - Modeling of Peltier-Cooling and Thermoelectric Generation
• Simulation of Deuterium-Tritium Reactions Under The Influence Of An External Cylindrical Electric Field Of Several Kilovolts
• Simulation of Negative Ion Beams and Sources
• Simulating Hodgkin-Huxley-like Excitation using Comsol Multiphysics
• A multi-objective distributed optimization platform and its application to high performance electrical motor
• FEM of an Inductive Coupled Bandpass Filter for Energy Supply and Digital Data Stream in Medical Application (Cochlea Implant System, CI)
• Temperature Distribution of Induction Heating Coils
• Design and Simulation of an Electromagnetic Valve Actuator Using COMSOL Multiphysics
• Modeling of prope size and geometry allowed proper electrolyte resistivity meaurements
• Calculation of Cable Parameters for Different Cable Shapes
• Optimization of an Electromagnetic Actuator with COMSOL Multiphysics
• Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of Magnetostrictive Materials by Comsol Multiphysics

Fluid dynamics

• A Numerical Study of Flow in Circular Tube Heat Exchanger with Elliptic Vortex Generator
• Numerical Investigation of Effect of Aspect Ratio in Rectangular Nozzles
• Numerical Investigation of Thermo-fluid Dynamics of Turbulent Stellar Free Jet
• Analysis of Ancient Natural Ventilation Systems inside the Historical Pitti Palace in Florence
• Validation of DNS techniques for dynamic combined indoor air and constructions simulations using an experimental scale model
• A Multiphysics Approach to Fundamental Conjugate Drying by Forced Convection
• Hydrodynamic Analysis of Dam-Reservoir System using Finite Element Method
• CFD in Wastewater Treatment Engineering
• Airfoil Drag and Lift Evaluation by Means of CFD Simulations in GRID Environment
• High Vacuum Gas Pumping and Boundary Coupling
• Atmospheric Icing of Transmission Line Conductor Bundles
• FEM Analysis of Micromachined Flow Sensor with Wheatstone Bridge Read-out
• A Novel Pump for Engine Cooling Systems

Fluid-Structure-Interaction

• Numerical Modelling of Vortex Induced Vibrations in Submarine Pipelines
• Fluidmechanical Damping Analysis of Resonant Micromirrors with Out-of-plane Comb Drive
• Electrolytic Reactors for High Pressure Hydrogen Generation. Design and Simulation

Fuel Cells and Electrochemistry

• Nanofiltration Modeling Based on the Extended Nernst-Planck Equation under Different Physical Modes
• Extraction of Oxide Trap Density Profiles under Hot-Carriers Degradation in MOSFET by COMSOL
• Simulation of the Shape of Micro Geometries generated with Jet Electrochemical Machining
• Symmetric Stack Model of a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) with Indirect Reforming
• Modeling fluid flows trough porous materials in order to optimize fuel cell design
• Modeling Polybenzimidazole/Phosphoric Acid Membrane Behaviour in a HTPEM Fuel Cell
• Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation of a Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell
• FEM Simulation of the Scanning Electrochemical Potential Microscopy (SECPM)
• A mean field approach to many-particles effects in Dielectrophoresis
• Investigation of Stability of Current Transfer to Thermionic Cathodes
• Zinc Corrosion in a Crevice
• Numerical modelling of electrophoresis applied to restoration of archaeological organic materials
• Simulation of Current Collector Corrosion Effects on the Efficiency of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells
• Computational Heat and Mass Transport in Porous PEMFC Electrodes

Fundamental Studies, Optimization & Numerical Methods

• Reliability prediction of motherboard component
• Numerical Study of a Stirling engine LTD with porous regenerator
• Optimal PDE Control Using COMSOL Multiphysics
• Optimization of Skin Impedance Sensor Design with Finite Element Simulations
• Modelling Dispersal of Genetic Information in Structured Agricultural Landscapes with Partial Differential Equations
• Parameter Identification in Partial Integro-Differential Equations for Physiologically Structured Populations
• Stability Analysis of ALE Methods for Advection-Diffusion Problems
• Numerical Time-Dependent Simulation and Comparison Results between a Traditional and More Steps Pultrusion Process Using Comsol Script Environment
• Adaptivity in Space and Time for Solving Transient Problems in COMSOL
• Simulation of the Dynamic Behavior of a Droplet on a Structured Surface using the Non-conservative Level Set Method
• Solving Time-Dependent Optimal Control Problems in COMSOL Multiphysics
• Transient Conjugate Optical-Thermal Fields in Thin Films Irradiated by Moving Sources:a Comparison between Back and Front Treatment
• Numerical simulation of granular solids' rheology: comparison with experimental results
• Interfacing continuum and discrete methods: convective diffusion of microparticles and chemical species in microsystems
• Comsol-Simulation of Highly Dynamic Metal Hydride Storage
• Coupling of Two Numerical Methods with Comsol to Model Various Drop Behaviors

Heat Transfer & Thermo-Mechanics

• Estimation of Inner Heat Transfer Coefficients from Outer Surface Temperature Measurements Using a Three-Dimensional, Inverse Approach Based on COMSOL Multiphysics and COMSOL Script
• A Heat Transfer Model for Ugitech\'s Continuous Casting Machine
• Durability Analysis on Solar Energy Converters containing Polymer Materials
• Determination of Process Parameters for Electron Beam Sintering (EBS)
• Stress State Determination in Nanoelectronic Silicon Devices Coupling Comsol Multiphysics and a Recursive Dynamical CBED Pattern Simulation
• Study of heat transfer enhancement in a heat exchanger by installing elliptic obstacles
• Thermal and Material flow modelling of Friction Stir Welding using Comsol
• A Numerical Model for Transient Heat Conduction in Semi-Infinite Model Irradiated by a Moving Heat Source
• Finite-Element Evaluation of Thermal Response Tests Performed on U-Tube Borehole Heat Exchangers
• Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Natural and Mixed Convection Heat Transfer for Vertically Arranged DIMM
• Study of Electrical Heating Application for Heavy Oil Recovery
• Level Set Method for Fully Thermal-Mechanical Coupled Simulations of Filling in Injection Molding Process
• Design of a Catalyst to reduce Emissions from Domestic Solid Fuel Burning Appliances porous regenerator

MEMS and Microfluidics

• Pseudo 3-D simulation of falling film microreactor
• Liquid-Monitoring using an electromechanical Cantilever – FE Simulations and Experimental Verifications
• Design for Reliability and Robustness through Probabilistic Methods in COMSOL Multiphysics with OptiY
• Micro Cooling of SQUID Sensor
• Microfluidic Separation System for Magnetic Beads
• Modeling of Vibrating Atomic Force Microscope's Cantilever within Different Frames of Reference
• Designing the Actuator for the Next-Generation Astronomical Deformable Mirrors: a Multidisciplinary and Multiphysics Approach
• Simulation of Topology Optimized Electrothermal Microgrippers
• Comsol Multiphysics Simulations of Microfluidic Systems for Biomedical Applications
• Simplified Finite Element Simulation of a SAW Hydrogen Sensor using COMSOL Multiphysics
• Modeling and Characterization of Superconductor MEMS for Hyper Frequency Applications in Radioastronomy
• Simulation of Unidirectional Interdigital Transducers in SAW Devices using COMSOL Multiphysics
• Design of an Electrodynamically Actuated Microvalve Using COMSOL Multiphysics and MATLAB
• Development and Characterization of High Frequency Bulk Mode Resonators
• A Dynamic Electrowetting Simulation using the Level-Set Method

Optics & Photonics

• Vertically Emitting Microdisk Lasers
• Modeling 2D and 3D of Hybrid Laser Nd:Yag - MIG Welding Processes
• Modeling of a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Lamp for UV Production
• Prediction and Optimization of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Geometries using COMSOL Multiphysics
• A Laser Resonator Analysis Using COMSOL Finite Element Method
• Photonic/Plasmonic Structure from Metalilic Nanoparticles in a Glass Matrix
• Simulation of Optical Properties of the Si/SiO2/Al Interface at the Rear of Industrially Fabricated Si Solar Cells
• Plasmonic Properties of Bimetal Nanoshell Cylinders and Spheres
• Time-Resolved Optical Tomography in Preclinical Studies: The Propagation of Excitation and Fluorescence Photons
• Numerical Simulation of Si Nanosecond Laser Annealing by COMSOL Multiphysics

Plasma Physics, EHD and MHD

• Plasma Edge Simulations by Finite Elements using COMSOL
• Modeling of snRNP Motion in the Nucleoplasm
• Plasma Actuator Influence on Flow Around a NACA Profile
• RF plasma simulation with COMSOL
• Simulation of Microwave Plasma Sources with Argon
• Electric Field Distribution and Power Transfer in Waveguide-Based Axial-Type Microwave Plasma Source

Porous Media Flow

• Comparing Equations for Two-Phase Fluid Flow in Porous Media
• Supercritical CO2 Leakage Modelling for Well Integrity in Geological Storage Project
• Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model of the frost behaviour of consolidated porous Medias
• Microscale Modelling of the Frequency Dependent Resistivity of Porous Media

Process & Chemical Engineering

• Study of thermo-electrical and mechanical coupling during densification of a polycrystalline material using COMSOL
• Benchmarking as Key Element of Confidence Building in Safety Assessments for Radioactive Waste Disposal
• Non-Isothermal Kinetics of Water Adsorption inCompact Adsorbent Layers on a Metal Support
• Numerical Analysis of the Impact of Geometric Shape Patterns on the Performance of Miniaturized Chromatography Systems
• Management Strategy for Eutrophication and Anoxia Processes: Modeling and Simulation
• Finite Element Modeling Applied to a Nanopipette
• Advanced modeling of friction stir welding – improved material model for aluminum alloys and modeling of different materials with different properties by using the level set method
• Analyzing a Malfunctioning Clarifier with COMSOL's mixture model
• 3D Dynamic Simulation of a Metal Hydride-Based Hydrogen Storage Tank
• Automatic Process Cycling
• Study of a Self Heating Process of Tetrafluoroethylene by the Exothermic Dimerization Reaction to Octafluorocyclobutane
• Thermodynamic Micellization Model for Asphaltene Precipitation in Heavy Oil Reservoir

Reaction Engineering and Reactor Design

• Inexpensive Chemical Engineering Laboratory Experiments
• Study of the CO2 Transfer Rate in a Reacting Flow for the Refined Sodium Bicarbonate Production Process
• Adaptive Control of Simulated Moving Bed Plants Using Comsol’s Simulink Interface
• Mathematical Investigation and CFD Simulation of Monolith Reactors: Catalytic Combustion of Methane
• Modelling of Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP) Reactor with COMSOL
• Gas Engine Cycle Properties and Gas Composition Combustion Detonation and Engine Power
• Analysis of Coupled Dynamics of Molten Salt Reactors
• Simulation of a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst Used in a NOx Storage and Reduction system for Heavy Duty Trucks
• Model for Steam Reforming of Ethanol Using a Catalytic Wall Reactor
• 2-D Modeling of a Downdraft Biomass Gasifier with potential assessment of tar formation
• Simulation of a catalytic porous Burner
• Simulation of Surface Chemical Reactions in a Monolith Channel for Hydrogen Production
• Reacting Flows in Industrial Duct-burners of a Heat Recovery Steam Generator
• Kinetics and reactor modeling of methanol synthesis from synthesis gas
• A Numerical Study of Dimethyl Ether Synthesis in Packed Bed Reactors

Structural Mechanics

• Hyperelastic Modelling of the Dynamic Behaviour of the External Suspensions for a Vibrating Domestic Appliance
• Modeling of lintel-masonry interaction using COMSOL
• Elastic-Plastic Transition of Transversely Isotropic Thin Rotating Disc
• Analysis of the Mechanical Behavior of Violins Based on a Multi-physics Approach
• Effect of local deformation on the emission energy of quantum dots in a flexible tube
• Analysis of Residual Stress in Clad Materials
• A generalized 3-D slab method of analysis for metal forming problems of squared end section
• Multiscale Model of Blood Flow on a 3D Realistic Shape Vessel
• Programming a Large Scale Structural Model with COMSOL Multiphysics
• Modeling the Thermally Induced Curvature of Multilayer Coatings with COMSOL Multiphysics
• A New Fractal Model for Dynamic Contact Phenomena Including Friction and Contact Resistance
• On the FE Modeling of Process dependent Thermal properties of Polymer Composites
• Implementation of the Finite Isotropic Linear Cosserat Models based on the Weak Form
• Elastic-plastic Transition of transversely isotropic thick-walled rotating Cylinder under internal Pressure

Transport Phenomena

• Heat and Moisture Modeling Benchmarks using COMSOL
• The use of COMSOL for Building Constructions Engineering regarding Heat and Moisture Transport
• Modeling of microstructures in dissimilar copper/stainless steel electron beam welds
• Comsol Multiphysics in Education - Chemical Reactions, Heat and Mass Transfer
• Numerical Solutions for the Lévêque Problem of Boundary Layer Mass or Heat Flux
• Extraction of phenolic compound from grape fruit. A comparison between a 3D FEM model and experimental results
• Numerical Investigation of Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics from an Impinging Jet on a Circular Cylinder
• Modelling coating lifetime: first practical application for coating design
• Modeling of the Transport Phenomena in Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes
• Heat and Mass Transfer in Convective Drying Processes
• Modeling the Process of Drying Stationary Objects inside a Tumble Dryer Using COMSOL Multiphysics
• Numerical simulations of spherical gap flows
• Thermodynamics and Transport Model of Charge Injection in Silicon irradiated by a Pulsed Focused Laser
• Finite Element Analysis of Ferrofluid Cooling of Heat Generating Devices
• A Mixing Study in a Double-Rushton Stirred Tank
• HAP/CHITOSAN Composites Membrane for Encapsulation and Immunoisolation of Islet Cells
• Hybrid Multiscale Modeling of Corrosion Nano-inhibitors Transport
• Mixing and Residence Time Distributions in the Staggered Herringbone Micromixer
• Modeling and Simulation of Membrane Distillation Process for the Separation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Water
• A Numerical Investigation on Active Chilled Beams for Indoor Air Conditioning
• Thermal and fluid-dynamical optimisation of passengers comfort in a touring bus cabin
• Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (TMHC) Modeling of the Bentonite Barriers in Final Disposal of High Level Nuclear Waste
• Investigation of natural convective air flowfield through comb channels
• Magneto-Hydrodynamic Numerical Study of DC Electromagnetic Pump for Liquid Metal