Track 1: Advancing Additive Manufacturing with Multiphysics Simulation

The development of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies has revolutionised the traditional manufacturing industry in the recent years. Due to their advantages in engineering designing, rapid prototyping and components’ manufacturing, additive manufacturing technologies have great potentials in various industries, such as automotive, aerospace, medical, oil and gas, etc. And the simulation of additive manufacturing processes is paramount in reducing the manufacturing costs and accelerating technology improvement.

During this session, we will discuss about:

• The overview of AM technologies
• The current status and trend of AM technologies
• Simulation cases performed with COMSOL Multiphysics for different technology processes:
  • Fused Deposition Modeling
  • Selective Laser Melting
  • Direct Metal Laser Sintering
• What are the physics modules involved and simulation techniques used by researchers

Workshop 1: CFD Modelling

This workshop will introduce the capabilities of COMSOL’s CFD module for modelling fluid flow. Participants will learn how to build a CFD model and subsequently turn it to a COMSOL app.

Key contents include:

• Key features of CFD Module
• Physics interfaces for modelling laminar and turbulent flows, single-phase and multiphase flows
• Multiphysics capabilities in CFD Module
• Modelling strategies
• Hands-on exercises

Track 2: Antenna Design for 5G and the Internet of Things

In the ever-evolving RF industry, it is critical for product development to keep up with advancements in technology. During this session, we will discuss about:

• How COMSOL Multiphysics is used to analyse and optimize different types of antenna designs that are used in:
  • 5G MIMO network
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • SatCom
  • Mobile phones
  • Wearable devices
  • Autonomous vehicles
• Simulation techniques used by researchers for various antenna designs (such as impedance, S-parameters, far-field, and near-field calculations, etc.)

Workshop 2: RF Modelling

This session will provide an overview of the COMSOL Multiphysics Product Suite’s capability to design and simulate different RF and microwave components, such as antennas, waveguides, filers, couplers, power dividers, and impedance matching circuits.

Key contents include:

• Key features of RF module
• Material models
• Boundary conditions
• Perfectly matched layers
• S-parameters
• Far-field calculations
• Demonstration on how to model an antenna and simulate its radiation pattern
• Hands-on exercises
• Transform model to simulation app

Track 3: Analyzing Energy Efficiency in Buildings

The increase in the number and size of buildings in urban areas consequently bring about an increase in demand for electricity and other forms of energy commonly used in buildings. Hence, it is important to optimize the way building uses energy while reducing the building’s impact on local environment and human health.

In this session, we will cover:

• Overview of the methods used to improve energy efficiency in buildings
• Simulation of factors that affect energy consumption of building, such as heating, cooling, air-conditioning and ventilation
• Energy performance of building envelope described in building codes that influence energy efficiency
• Case studies
  • Displacement ventilation
  • Contaminant transport
  • Thermal performance of a window
• Discussion of the physics modules involved and coupling methods

Workshop 3: Heat Transfer Modelling

This workshop will help you better understand the capabilities and features of COMSOL’s Heat Transfer Module, and how it can be used to model different heat transfer regimes.

Key contents include:

• Introducing the heat transfer interfaces
• Key features in Heat Transfer Module
• Couplings with other physics interfaces, such as thermal expansion, conjugate heat transfer, joule heating
• Modelling techniques
• Hands-on exercises
• Transform model into simulation app

Track 4: Advancing Design of MEMS and Sensor Systems

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) such as actuators, sensors, and resonators rely on the coupled interactions between multiple physical effects. They are rapidly growing in use as their technology becomes more sophisticated. Simulation plays an important part in understanding, designing, and optimizing them due to their size and complexity.

During this session, we will discuss on

• MEMS devices and transducers that are widely used in:
  • Automotive industry: airbag deployment, tire pressure monitoring
  • Mobile phones and tablets
  • Gas sensors
  • Energy harvesting
  • Bio-MEMS: blood viscosity and glucose sensors
• The multiphysics simulation techniques used to model MEMS sensors and actuators based on thermal, piezoelectric, piezoresistive and magnetostrictive effects

Workshop 4: MEMS Simulation

This session will cover multiphysics simulation techniques for accurately combining mechanical, electrical and thermal models of smart materials to design high-performance and reliable MEMS devices.

Key contents include:

• Key features of MEMS Module
• Electromechanics interface
• Modelling piezoelectric and piezoresistive materials and devices
• Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) multiphysics interface
• Hands-on exercises
• Creating simulation app