Structural & Acoustics Blog Posts

New Simple Mechanical Cloaking Technique
Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology developed a simple mathematical technique for designing mechanical cloaks using numerical modeling. Get details here.

The MTC Builds a Simulation App to Optimize 3D Printing
Engineers at the Manufacturing Technology Centre built a simulation app to efficiently analyze an additive manufacturing technique known as shaped metal deposition. Read the full story…

Improving Phase Change Energy Storage: A Natural Approach
A research team used thermal modeling to advance the performance of a phase change energy storage system — an effective and efficient approach to conserving thermal energy.

Optimizing the Production Process for Solar Energy Cells
EMIX used simulation to optimize their cold crucible continuous casting process, an integral aspect of photovoltaic solar cell production. Get the full story >>

Modeling Marangoni Convection with COMSOL Multiphysics
When a surface gradient is temperature dependent, the Marangoni effect is called Marangoni convection. Learn how to analyze Marangoni convection in COMSOL Multiphysics®.

Modeling Linear Elastic Materials – How Difficult Can It Be?
Get an intro to the theory and application of the linear elastic material model, isotropy/anisotropy, allowable values for material data, incompressibility, and geometric nonlinearity.

Fitting Measured Data to Different Hyperelastic Material Models
Want to fit your experimental data to different hyperelastic material models? You can with the Optimization interface in COMSOL Multiphysics®, which lets you fit a curve to multiple datasets.

Sweet Dreams with Diffusion Acoustics
Did you know that the acoustic diffusion equation is the quickest and easiest way to model high-frequency acoustics? Get an introduction to the concept of acoustic diffusion here.