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How to Evaluate Gear Mesh Stiffness in a Multibody Dynamics Model
What is gear mesh stiffness? Why is it important to account for in a multibody dynamics model? How can it be simulated with COMSOL Multiphysics? Get answers here.
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Can a Stiffness Be Negative?
Have you ever encountered an FEM formulation where the force does not monotonically increase with displacement? We discuss some examples of this behavior: negative stiffness.
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How to Model Electrodynamic Magnetic Levitation Devices
Is it magic or magnets? We define electrodynamic magnetic levitation and then go over how to model this phenomenon in COMSOL Multiphysics®.
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Using the Domain Decomposition Solver for Thermoviscous Acoustics
Learn how to use the Domain Decomposition solver, a memory-efficient iterative algorithm with inherent parallelism on the geometric level, in COMSOL Multiphysics®.
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How to Analyze Your SOLIDWORKS® Designs with an App
Combining the power of a CAD design tool with a simulation app in the same modeling environment enables the simulation to work with both in synchronicity. Learn how to do so here.
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Using the Domain Decomposition Solver in COMSOL Multiphysics®
The Domain Decomposition solver is a memory-efficient iterative algorithm that works best for large modeling problems that can’t be solved with other direct or iterative methods.
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Why Doesn’t the Ice Cream in a Baked Alaska Melt?
The ice cream in a baked Alaska stays frozen, even when placed in a hot oven. How is this possible? We investigate this mysterious dessert with heat transfer simulation.
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Analyze the Hodgkin-Huxley Model with a Computational App
The Hodgkin-Huxley model is an advanced model for simulating action potential. We also go over how to use a computational app to streamline this type of analysis.