This course is taught in a live, web-based format, allowing you to work alongside and interact with your instructor.
There is no reason to learn software programs through trial and error. AltaSim Technologies wants to help you learn COMSOL Multiphysics® efficiently and with less frustration, helping you become more proficient in applying tried and tested methods to your computational simulations.
Course Price: $1,350
For questions email or call Karen Lowe at 614 861 7015.
Dates for Live, Web-Based Training
Please register by the Friday before class begins
November 10-13, 2025 12:30pm - 4:30pm EST
March 23-26, 2026 12:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
July 13-16, 2026 12:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
November 16-19, 2026 12:30pm - 4:30pm EST
Objective
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of performing analyses of solid mechanics problems using COMSOL Multiphysics®. The course covers:
- The fundamentals of performing linear and nonlinear structural analysis
- The governing structural mechanics equations in COMSOL Multiphysics®
- Best practices for element selection and usage: Solid, Beam and Shell
- Selection of appropriate boundary conditions
- Using symmetry
- Meshing requirements
- Analysis of problems that include:
- Plasticity
- Temperature effects
- Thermal stress
- Contact
- Dynamic effects
- Best practices for obtaining accurate solutions
For success, it is recommended that participants have a working knowledge of COMSOL Multiphysics® and possess a relevant engineering, physics, mathematics, or science background.
Paid participants will receive all course materials including a two-week trial license for the entire COMSOL Multiphysics® Suite for use during the course.
Course Content
Attendees will be led through the use of COMSOL Multiphysics® to perform a range of solid mechanics analyses. The following items will be covered:
- Theoretical basis for solid mechanics
- Geometric linearity vs. nonlinearity
- Plane stress/strain vs. three-dimensional modeling
- Selection of relevant boundary conditions
- Solution of static, linear elastic problems
- Contact
- Using shell and beam elements
- Thermal stress
- Plasticity and post-yield analysis
- Contact best practices
- Augmented LaGrangian method contact
- Penalty method contact
- Temperature dependent material properties
- Wave propagation in frequency and time domain
- Damping
Instructor
Josh Thomas, AltaSim Senior Engineer, has more than fifteen years of experience in computational analysis specializing in microstructural analysis.
Payment Methods
Payment must be provided in advance. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or company purchase order.
Please note that your seat in the course can not be confirmed until payment has been received.
Cancellation Policy
Instructor-led training tuition is fully refundable if we receive written notification of cancellation on or before seven business days prior to class start. Cancellations made less than seven business days prior to class will be charged 50% of the course fee. If you fail to show up to class without written notice, you will be charged the full class fee. You may send a substitute in your place.
Hear What Our Students are Saying
"I took the Multiphysics Solutions using COMSOL Multiphysics: An Introductory Training Course. It helped me jump start my understanding of COMSOL and how to build simulation models as well as visualize the results. I don’t regularly use COMSOL in my daily work so it is hard to remember all I learned. As a result, I often refer back to the class notes to help me remember how to do a specific task or what settings are needed to accomplish a specific action. The class and notes are valuable as a reference. AltaSim does a good job of training their students. I would recommend them for COMSOL training."
- Jim Vinson ~~ Renesas Electronics Corp.
"I attended two training courses titled "Electromagnetics in COMSOL Multiphysics: AC/DC" and "RF and Wave Optics" where I gained the necessary fundamental knowledge to dig deeper and obtain what is needed to enhance my research work. The efforts Dr. Yushanov invested in delivering the fundamental concepts have greatly helped to strengthen my understanding in building models and run simulations efficiently. These courses have also helped me to gain the required knowledge within a relatively short period of time. Thus, AltaSim Technologies, given its prestigious reputation in COMSOL training, is and will always be my first choice for training courses, as it provides all required knowledge for the most ideal habitat for my career aspiration in performing academic research."
- Ahmad Darwish ~~ TAMU