Benchmarking COMSOL Multiphysics 3.4
Darrell Pepper
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of the Nevada Center for Advanced Computational Methods (NCACM)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
In this presentation, four benchmark problems are tested using COMSOL Multiphysics as well as other commercial software packages, comparing their performance. This is done for fluid-structure interaction, fully coupled electronic current conduction with thermal and structural analysis, electromagnetic wave propagation and electric generators.
Results compared with data in the literature show good agreement and overall, COMSOL Multiphysics compares very well with the other software tested.
Keynote speaker's biography:
Darrell Pepper is presently Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Nevada Center for Advanced Computational Methods (NCACM) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).In 2004 he was appointed an ASME Congressional Fellow and received responsibility for handling science and engineering issues. Dr. Pepper is also Executive Vice President of Nevada Energy and Environmental Systems. He has published over 200 technical papers on fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and environmental transport topics, and co-authored five textbooks on the finite element method, boundary element method, and indoor air quality.