Master's Degree in COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling: Fluid Dynamics & Heat Transfer

The Multiphysics Modeling School (MMS) [1] offers the master's degree in COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling, in four different versions:

• Electromagnetism & Optics
• Structural Mechanics & Acoustics
• Fluid Dynamics & Heat Transfer
• Chemical Engineering & Electrochemistry

This time, we focus on Fluid Dynamics & Heat Transfer. This master aims at professionals and researchers who wish to perform modeling in these areas. The program will deal in depth with specific topics, such as Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Flow & Heat Transfer in Porous Media, Multiphysics, and Particle Tracing in Fluids. In addition, participants will take basic and advanced courses, such as Mathematical Foundations, Basic Methods in COMSOL Multiphysics, Geometry, Materials and Meshing, Studies and Solvers, Results, Basic Physics and Mathematical Interfaces, Physics Builder, Application Builder, Optimization, MATLAB and COMSOL Multiphysics, and Java Methods in COMSOL Multiphysics. See Table 1.

A more detailed description of the concentration courses follows.

Computational Fluid Dynamics

• This course provides a detailed description of the Physics interfaces available in COMSOL Multiphysics to simulate single- and multi-phase flows in both laminar and turbulent regimes. The description will be accompanied by the theoretical foundations on which each simulation interface is based. As applications, one can consider non-isothermal flows, reacting flows, aerodynamics, cooling systems, fan devices, filters, pipes, turbines, etc.

?Heat Transfer

• This course is dedicated to reviewing the fundamentals and underlying theory of heat transfer as well as the related physics interfaces available in COMSOL Multiphysics. In this way, it contains a general and detailed description of the concepts, methods, and tools available for modeling Heat Transfer problems, including all the necessary theoretical background. There are several applications such as heating systems (including joule, laser and induction), heat exchangers, electromechanical devices and machines, thermoelectrical effects, electronic cooling, bioheating, medical technology, thermal management in budlings, freeze drying, combustion processes, etc.?

Flow & Heat Transfer in Porous Media

• This course deals with flows and heat transfer in porous media. The different conditions and characteristics of flows in porous media are listed and described in detail: slow flow in porous media with Darcy’s law, fast flow in porous media with Brinkman’s equations and flow in porous media of varying saturation with Richard’s equation. Non-Darcian, fracture and multiphase flows in porous media will also be discussed. Physics interfaces can be applied to study catalytic and chromatographic reactions, packed absorption and distillation towers, ion exchange columns, packed filters, pebble-type heat exchanger, petroleum reservoirs, geothermal operations, and similar systems.

Multiphysics

• This course comprises the basic description of couplings and the main multiphysics couplings. We start with an introduction to multiphysics and the classification of uni- and bi-directional couplings. We also list and describe in detail the three levels of couplings using various examples, as well as the techniques to efficiently solve highly multiphysics problems.

Particle Tracing in Fluids

• This course develops the theoretical foundations of particle tracing, always from the point of view of its implementation in the main COMSOL Multiphysics platform. We describe in detail the physical interfaces of particle tracing and their multiphysics couplings, including all possible bidirectional interactions. Examples of applications include thermophoresis, microchannels, pipe erosion, Brownian motion, acoustic levitator or dielectrophoretic separation, to mention just a few.

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See further information in the following links:

[1] https://www.multiphysics.uma.es/home/

[2] https://www.multiphysics.uma.es/home/masters-degree-fluid-dynamics-heat/