Comsol Multiphysics 5.3a build 180 (x64) | 4.4 GbLanguage: english
COMSOL, the leading provider of multiphysics modeling and simulation software, has released an updated COMSOL Multiphysics 5.3 software, is a general-purpose software platform, based on advanced numerical methods, for modeling and simulating physics-based problems. All COMSOL software products undergo stability improvements that are introduced as updates.
COMSOL software version 5.3a - Release notes:
General Updates
- Support for 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse devices for easier model navigation
- A new color table, Cividis, optimized for people with color vision deficiency
. Cividis was created by Ryan Renslow, Chris Anderton, and Jamie Nuez of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- Option to save plots in models for faster rendering
- Option to export animations in the WebM video format
- Parametric models with user-defined functions
- Model reduction based on modal analysis and asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE)
- Copy-paste functionality for physics interfaces or entire model components, within and in between COMSOL Multiphysics sessions
- Model methods in the model tree with input arguments
- Automatic login to COMSOL Server
Electromagnetics
- A revolutionary new method for capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) simulations that significantly reduces computation times
- Hybrid boundary-elementfinite-element method (BEM-FEM) for magnetic field analysis
- Demagnetization of permanent magnets, to model permanent magnet (PM) motors, for instance
- Adaptive frequency sweep for high-frequency electromagnetics
- Library of more than 60 RF and microwave substrate materials from Rogers Corporation
Structural Mechanics and Acoustics
- New Structural Mechanics Modeling Features in COMSOL 5.3a Webinar Dec 21 [2 p.m. CET] [2 p.m. EDT]
- New Acoustics Module Features in COMSOL 5.3a Webinar Jan 11 [2 p.m. CET] [2 p.m. EDT]
- Hybrid boundary-elementfinite-element method (BEM-FEM) for acoustics and acoustic-structure interactions
- Impulse response analysis for ray acoustics
- Shape memory alloy (SMA) material models
- Generalized fluid-structure interaction (FSI) interface with access to additional material models
- Bolt thread contact modeling
- Solid-beam connection in 3D models
- Generalized plane strain formulation
- Cam-Follower condition for multibody dynamics
- Lumped Mechanical System interface for equivalent circuit models based on masses, dampers, and springs
- Ball and roller bearings for rotordynamics simulations
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
- Inlet boundary conditions for fully developed turbulent flow
- Realizable k-e turbulence model
- Buoyancy-driven turbulence
- All turbulence models now available for multiphase flow
- Rotating machinery interfaces now available for all flow interfaces
- New Moisture Flow multiphysics coupling interface couples CFD and Moisture Transport in Air interfaces automatically
- Inlets with more realistic temperature distribution based on upstream temperature and pressure
- Beer-Lambert law for absorption of light in weakly absorbing media
Chemical
- A built-in library of thermodynamic properties for calculating physical properties of pure fluids, mixtures, and two-phase fluid systems
- Link between Reaction Engineering interface and thermodynamic property packages
- Electrode reactions on thin electrode surfaces fully immersed in electrolyte
- New Lithium-Ion Battery Designer app for optimizing batteries for specific applications
Core Expansions and Interfacing
- 150+ new materials with 800+ new material properties added to the Material Library
- New and updated busbar tutorials for all LiveLink products for CAD
- A new Living Room Acoustics tutorial for LiveLink for Revit
- A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software button to export 1D plots more easily from the COMSOL Multiphysics software
- New and improved wrapper functions for LiveLink for MATLAB
Product: Comsol Multiphysics
Version: 5.3a Build 180 (14 December 2017)
Supported Architectures: x64
Language: english
System Requirements: PC / MacOsx / Linux
Supported Operating Systems: here
Size: 4.4 Gb