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COMSOL Tips and Tricks – Resolving Wavelengths in Vibrational Problems

By Kyle Koppenhoefer | May 23, 2013
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As part of our efforts to assist COMSOL users in performing high-quality analysis, we recently used our bi-monthly email to […]

Conjugate Heat Transfer: Quenching Analysis in COMSOL Multiphysics

By Kyle Koppenhoefer | May 13, 2013
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Quenching

This presentation provides an overview of quenching analyses as a specific example of conjugate heat transfer analysis. The presentation was […]

Heat Transfer Demo Using COMSOL Multiphysics

By Kyle Koppenhoefer | May 10, 2013
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Heat Transfer … … using COMSOL Multiphysics to simulate quenching of hot metal into an oil bath. This video shows […]

Thermal Management methods of electronics

By Jeffrey Crompton | May 2, 2013
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Thermal Management: A growing concern The demand for compact, multi-functional, high performance electronics has led to a dramatic increase in […]

Multiphysics Modeling for Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)

By Brent Long | April 25, 2013
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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of non-resectable tumors has been shown to be as effective as surgical resection. During an RFA procedure, […]

COMSOL Training: Student Testimonial

By Kyle Koppenhoefer | April 18, 2013
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We held another Solving COMSOL Multiphysics class last week. Nine participants pursuing engineering excellence worked through the four-day course, and […]

Project Lead The Way

By Brent Long | April 5, 2013
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One of the practices we believe in here at AltaSim Technologies is continued education. Thanks to some good people at […]

SpaceClaim-COMSOL Webinar, April 10, 2013

By Brent Long | April 2, 2013
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SpaceClaim

In our “Breaking Traditions” entry, we mentioned the real life introduction to SpaceClaim that we received from COMSOL during the […]

P.R.I.D.E. = A True Success Story

By Brent Long | March 19, 2013
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Reviewing our work and looking at our other posts, it is easy to wonder if we ever talk about anything […]

Fatigue – When Cyclic Stress Produces Fractures

By Kyle Koppenhoefer | March 4, 2013
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Many of the products that engineers design experience cyclic stresses during use that are below the material’s yield stress; unfortunately…