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Introductory Models

Tutorials

Parallel plate capacitor

Thermal cube
Stresses in a wrench

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Tutorial 1: Parallel Plate Capacitor

What you will learn
More experience with the interface
Sketching geometries in COMSOL
How to have a domain not active in the analysis

Tutorial 2: Thermal cube

More Practice with the User Interface

Adding a 2nd Physics
Adding Thermal Expansion

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Tutorial 3: Stresses in a Wrench

What you will learn
Hands on with the interface
The basic steps in all COMSOL models
How to show deformed plots

Tutorial 4: Electrical Heating and

Thermal Stresses in a Busbar

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Tutorial 1: Parallel Plate Capacitor

What you will learn
More experience with the interface
Sketching geometries in COMSOL
How to have a domain not active in the analysis

Select 2D
AC / DC > Solid Mechanics
Stationary
Checkered flag to Finish

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Create Geometry

Open Model 1
Pick Geometry 1
Change Length Unit to cm
Draw Three Rectangles

Set Materials

Right Click on Materials

Choose Open Model Library
Pick Built-In Material Library

Select Air
Right Click on it, Add to Model

(This will assign it to all subdomains

but we will only use it in the air
domain: Electrodes will not be
included in the analysis)

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Electrostatics Active only in Air Domain

Pick Electrostatics in Model Builder

Clear all Selections (hit X )
Only Select Air Domain
Right-click to confirm

Set Boundary Condition Ground

Right-Click Electrostatics
Choose Ground
Choose Box Selection
Select Bottom Electrode
Confirm

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Set Boundary Cond Electric Potential

Right-Click Electrostatics
Choose Electric Potential
Set to 100 Volts
Choose Box Selection
Select Top Electrode

Mesh Free Triangular (Extra Fine)

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Solve

Pick Study 1

Hit =

Tutorial 2: Thermal cube

More Practice with the User Interface

Adding a 2nd Physics
Adding Thermal Expansion

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Choose Physics and Study

Choose File > New

Select 3D
Select Heat Transfer in Solids in Physics
Choose Stationary under Study

Draw Geometry

Right click on Geometry

Choose Block
Leave as 1 x 1 x 1 [m]

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Set Materials

Right click on Materials

Choose Open Material Library

Go to Built-in Section
Right Click on Aluminum 6063
Choose Add to Model

Assign it to the block

Set Boundary Conditions

Right Click on Heat Transfer

Select Convective Cooling
Choose All Boundaries
h = 1000 Text = 500

Right Click on Heat Transfer

Select Temperature
Choose bottom surface
Right click to confirm
Set Temperature as 300

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Mesh and Solve

Right Click on Mesh

Select Free Tetrahedral
Select Size
Choose Coarser mesh size

Right Click on Study

Select Compute

Add Structural Equations

Right Click on model 1 node

Choose Add Physics
Open Structural Mechanics
Pick Solid Mechanics
Choose the finish (checkered) flag

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Add Thermal Expansion

Open Structural Mechanics in Model Tree

Right Click on Linear Elastic Material Model
Choose Thermal Expansion

Change Temperature from user defined

to Temperature (ht/solid1)

Leave Ref Temperature as 293 K

Constrain Bottom Surface + Solve

Right Click on Solid Mechanics

Choose Fixed Constraint
Select & Confirm bottom surface

Right Click on Study

Pick Compute

Open 3D Plot group 1

Right Click on Surface
Add Deformation

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Tutorial 3: Stresses in a Wrench

What you will learn
Hands on with the interface
The basic steps in all COMSOL models
How to show deformed plots

1) Set Dimensions, Physics & Study-Type

Select 3D
Structural Mechanics > Solid Mechanics
Stationary
Then the checkered flag to Finish

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2) Import Geometry

Right click on Geometry

Choose Import Then Browse
C:\COMSOL41\models\COMSOL_Multiphysics\Structural_Mechanics
Choose Wrench.mphbin
Import

3) Set Materials
In Model Builder:
Right Click on Materials
Open Model Library
Pick Built-In

Select High Strength Alloy Steel

Right Click, Add to Model

Select Steel AISI 4340

Right Click, Add to Model
Pick Bolt, right-click to add

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4 a) Constrain Bolt
In Model Builder:
Right Click on Solid Mechanics
Choose Fixed Constraint
In Graphics Window:
Pick the Bolt Cut End
Right Click to confirm

4 b) Add Load
In Model Builder:
Right click on Solid Mechanics
Choose Face Load
Pick end of the wrench
Enter F for Fz

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5) Mesh
In Model Tree:
Right Click on Mesh 1
Choose Add Tetrahedral

Pick Size
Change to Coarser

Right click Mesh 1

Pick Build All

6) Solve
In Model Builder:
Pick Study 1

Choose Compute

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Display Stress on Deformed Geometry

Open Results > 3D Plot Group 1

Pick Surface 1 > Replace Expression

Right click on Surface 1

Add Deformation

Plot Von Mises Stress

Tutorial 7: Electrical Heating

and Thermal Stresses in a Busbar

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Your first model

Exercises:
Electrical Heating in a Busbar

Bus bar made of copper.

Bolts made of titanium.
Direct current 10 mV from a
transformer to an electric device.
Heat is produced due to the resistive
losses--joule heating.
Calculate the thermal expansion.
Work though exercises, but not the
appendix

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Your first training model: A Copper Busbar

A busbar is an electric
current conductor
typically found in highpower applications.
You will investigate:
Joule Heating
Thermal Expansion
Flow with Cooling
for a certain busbar geometry

Boundary Conditions: Electric Currents

Electric Potential 10mV

Ground

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Boundary Conditions: Heat Transfer

Cooling with a heat transfer coefficient

of 5 W/m^2/K and surrounding air
temperature at 293.15 K

Now youre ready for your own simulations!

The only difference between the hands-on and your problem is
Perhaps a few more physics
A bit more geometry
Some more loads & b.c.s

Go to it (!!!)

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Capture the Concept

TM

Questions
& Answers

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