When modeling a structural component in COMSOL, the type of support you choose—fixed, pinned, roller, or simple contact—can dramatically change your results. Even if you’re only analyzing one part of a larger assembly, its boundary conditions define how it behaves. Fixed supports allow no rotation or movement.Pinned supports permit rotation but restrict translation.Roller supports prevent […]
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In this month’s tips and tricks video, I walk you through mechanical contact without form assembly mode using COMSOL’s new version 6.3. Our team will use this for any scenario where we have a number of bolted connections or any decohesion problems where there’s not a lot of displacement or rotation. The benefit is that
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In this month’s tips and tricks video, I show what an add-in is and how to use by creating a simple model with a cone as my geometry. Click below to watch me walk you through the process. We have included the video transcription below to help you follow along. There’s no reason to learn
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In this month’s tips and tricks video, I share a tip and trick that is helpful in post-processing when you are working with multiple plots, especially if you have a parametric sweep. Click below to watch me walk you through the process. We have included the video transcription below to help you follow along. There’s
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In this month’s tips and tricks video, I share a tip I learned last month at the COMSOL Conference in Boston related to model voids. I will explain what voids are and how you can use them to improve your modeling workflow, particularly with the specific types of geometries I demonstrate. Click below to watch
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In this month’s tips and tricks video, I will demonstrate with two different examples how to use the Transform feature to perform transformation of field variables from one coordinate system to another coordinate system. Click below to watch me walk you through the process. We have included the video transcription below to help you follow
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In this month’s tips and tricks video, I will show you how to use job configurations to combine sequences into a single automated job run, which will enable you to solve for dozens or hundreds of automated layers. Click below to watch as I walk you through the process. To help you follow along, we
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Ever find yourself in a situation where you want to combine multiple datasets to create a single dataset for seamless animations and other post-processing operations? In this month’s tips and tricks video, I share a scenario that allows you to combine two separate transient studies without having to use separate editing software for video preparation.
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In this month’s tips and tricks video, we are going to demonstrate how you can create heterogeneous materials using images. Click below to watch as I walk you through the process. To help you follow along, we have included the video transcription below. There’s no reason to learn software programs through trial and error, so
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COMSOL continues to make updates to Version 6.2, and in this month’s tips and tricks video, we are going to demonstrate how you can use the new update for Incompressible Potential Flow, which can be used to replace Laplace’s Equation to initialize fluid flow equations. Click below to watch as I walk you through the
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