Almost everyone has one in our pocket and we use it daily for various tasks. It’s the smartphone. Its ease of use hides an unusual complexity. To imagine. This compendium of technologies brings together a microphone, a battery, an antenna, electronic components … each of these elements operates according to its own physical laws: acoustics, electrochemistry, electromagnetism, thermal, mechanics … possible upstream, from the research and development phase, of the correct functioning of such an object that can be seen as a set of interlocking bricks and integrated into a whole? Using simulation, and taking into account the multiphysics aspect, the chosen instrument must be adapted. This is the case with the solution proposed by COMSOL. The company is in fact developing simulation software capable of managing several physicists at the same time!
A simple implementation
The principle is simple and its implementation is easier than you can imagine. Whether you are an engineer, a researcher, a project manager, a technical director … the interface guides you in the design and assembly of your model, brick by brick, each element having a particular physical law chosen by a extensive library of laws. And all this in a single software interface! Whatever the research and development project and your field of innovation, COMSOL Multiphysics® can help you by providing you with a toolbox dedicated to modeling and simulation, which is also scalable and can be enriched according to your needs.
All domains? Automotive, aviation and aerospace operators have been convinced for a long time and naturally include a modeling phase in their innovation process. There are other fields of activity where simulation is less a reflection, less a part of the culture, and which nevertheless would have much to gain by taking an interest in them. Therefore, in the healthcare sector, simulation would help save one or two years of the 5-10 years usually required for the process of developing, validating and certifying a product.
Combat corrosion
Another area that would benefit from greater simulation is the study of corrosion: this phenomenon, in fact, causes losses of several billion euros every year in France and makes the French fleet of nuclear reactors. Here the simulation would be useful to reveal targeted protection measures.
Beyond these fields of activity, there is still a long way to go … And this would be all the more relevant in these times of climate change: multiphysics models abound when one is interested in meteorology, glacier flow, storage of carbon dioxide, particularly topical topics explored in research laboratories thanks to modeling!
Without a doubt, simulation has a bright future ahead of it. And if you have an idea, COMSOL is there to discuss it and support you in bringing it to fruition.
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