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Comsol Multiphysics

Anno Accademico 2018/2019

Cristina Falcinelli, PhD

COMSOL Multiphysics• Almost all physical phenomena can be described by partial differential equations (PDEs)

• In general, almost all cases fall into the class that has “non-trivial” or “non-analytical” solutions

• Then numerical methods as Finite Element (FE) method are necessary to solve the problem

Powerful interactive environment for modeling and solving all kinds of scientific and engineering problems based on partial differential equations through FE analysis

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FE method uses discretization (nodes and elements) to model the domain: the problem system is subdivided into small components called elements and the elements are comprised of nodes MESHING

Finite ElementsNodal Points

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Finite Elements

Nodal Points

1D ElementsLine

2D ElementsTriangular, Quadrilateral

Plates, Shells

3D ElementsTetrahedral, Rectangular

Prism (Brick)

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Finite Elements

Nodal Points

• Assign nodes to each element and then choose the interpolation function to represent the variation of the variable over the element.

• Obtain a set of algebraic equations to solve for unknown (first) nodal quantity (displacement).

• Secondary quantities (stresses and strains) are expressed in terms of nodal values of primary quantity

Features:

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Finite Elements

Nodal Points

Different fields of application:

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Fluid Flow

Chemical Reactions

Acoustics

Electromagnetic Fields

Heat Transfer

Structural Mechanics

User Defined Equations

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Tips and useful informations:

• English

• LiveLink for Matlab

• Unit of measure

• Help

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Model Wizard(Creatore Modelli)

or Blank Model(Modello Vuoto)

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Model Wizard or Blank Model

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Select Space Dimension

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Select Physics e.g. StructuralMechanics

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Select Physics e.g. StructuralMechanics Solid Mechanics ADD

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Study

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e.g. Stationary

Done

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Model Wizard or Blank Model

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Add Component1D, 2D, 3D

AddPhysics

AddStudy

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Recovery file

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Documentation

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Documentation

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Documentation

Searchexpression

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ApplicationLibraries

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ApplicationLibraries

Open ApplicationOpen PDF Document

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Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

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Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

Definitions

Parameters

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Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

Geometry

The geometry can becreated or imported

The COMSOL MultiphysicsMaterial

Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

The COMSOL MultiphysicsPhysics

Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

The COMSOL MultiphysicsMesh

Physics-controlledmesh

Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

Extremely fineExtra fineFinerFineNormal….

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User-controlledmesh

Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

SizeFree Tetrahedral

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Compute

Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

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Model Builder: The model tree gives an overview of the model and all

the functionality and operations needed for building and solving a modelas well as processing the results

Post-processing

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Settings Window: click any node in the model tree to see itsassociated settings window displayed next to the Model Builder

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Settings Window: click any node in the model tree to see itsassociated settings window displayed next to the Model Builder

WidthDepthHeight

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Graphics Window: The graphics window presents interactive graphics

for the geometry, mesh and results. Operations include rotating, panning, zooming and selecting

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How to set up and run a simulation with Comsol Multiphysics?

Simulation workflow:

• Set up model environment

• Create geometrical objects

• Specify material properties

• Define physics boundary conditions

• Create the mesh

• Run the simulation

• Postprocess the results

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Let’s start with an example!

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1) Cubetto di materiale elastico lineare isotropo a cui applichiamo un campo di deformazioni (homogeneous strain BC) misuriamo le

tensioni generate. Per definire un materiale elastico lineare isotropo servono solo due costanti materiali E e ν (E=12 GPa, ν=0.32)

In elasticità lineare:

Matrice di rigidezza (6X6) Matrice di cedevolezza (6X6)

Se il materiale non possiede simmetrie costitutive (materiale anisotropo), le due matrici hanno 21 costanti elastiche indipendenti nel caso di materiale isotropo le costanti elastiche indipendenti si riducono a 2

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1) Cubetto di materiale elastico lineare ortotropo a cui applichiamo un campo di deformazioni (homogeneous strain BC) misuriamo le

tensioni generate. Materiale ortotropo: esistono 3 piani di simmetria ortogonali tra loro.

In elasticità lineare:

Matrice di rigidezza (6X6) Matrice di cedevolezza (6X6)

Se il materiale non possiede simmetrie costitutive (materiale anisotropo), le due matrici hanno 21 costanti elastiche indipendenti nel caso di materiale ortotropo le costanti elastiche indipendenti si riducono a 9