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MEMS Energy Harvester for Reusing Waste Heat

By Kyle Koppenhoefer | September 24, 2013
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During our recent webinar with COMSOL on thermal-structure interaction modeling, we at AltaSim Technologies demonstrated modeling of a MEMS energy […]

Estimating heat transfer coefficients

By Jeffrey Crompton | September 16, 2013
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Previously we have discussed ways to complete a feasibility thermal management analysis. For a given thermal budget, we want to […]

COMSOL Tips & Tricks

By Brent Long | September 9, 2013
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Decrease Total RAM Required to Solve Sequentially Coupled Multiphysics problems. Another COMSOL Tips & Tricks Deposit:   Are you solving […]

FEA (Finite Element Analysis) – Critical Questions to Ask

By Brent Long | August 23, 2013
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FEA (Finite Element Analysis) – Critical Questions to Ask Jack Thornton, MINDFEED Marcomm, wrote an excellent article on FEA that […]

Thermal Resistance Networks: Application

By Jeffrey Crompton | August 5, 2013
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In an earlier blog the thermal resistance network shown in Figure 1 was developed. Figure 1: The heat dissipation paths […]

Thermal Resistance Networks for Electronics Cooling Solutions: Initial Set Up

By Jeffrey Crompton | July 11, 2013
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During a feasibility analysis for electronics cooling solutions, the objective is to estimate the heat flow using engineering approaches and […]

Third Frontier Commission Boosts Ohio Businesses

By Brent Long | July 1, 2013
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Third Frontier Commission Invests in Ohio Businesses Imagine attaching a “booster” to your business, and then imagine the possibilities for […]

Another successful COMSOL Training class!

By Brent Long | June 17, 2013
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We have just completed another successful COMSOL training class, Solving COMSOL Multiphysics Problems.  How do we know it was a […]

Beginning evaluation of a system-level thermal solution-Part 1

By Jeffrey Crompton | June 13, 2013
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Many industries face increased thermal challenges with their electronic products.  Customers often want devices with smaller form factors and higher […]

Mesh Refinement for Wave Problems

By Kyle Koppenhoefer | May 24, 2013
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Wave propagation problems require sufficient mesh refinement to ensure twelve degrees of freedom per wavelength. This requirement develops from the […]