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Induction Heating Multiphysics & Thermal Expansion / Stress - Is This Possible?
Posted 04.04.2019, 12:40 GMT-4 Electromagnetic Heating, Studies & Solvers, Structural Mechanics 1 Reply
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I know Comsol can be used to simulate induction heating of a metal, but can I also simulate the thermal expansion and stresses as the metal heats up via a frequency-transient study? I would also be simulating convection and radiation in addition to heat conduction during this process. If the frequency-transiet study is not the correct study which should I use?
Also, can I save the thermally expanded geometry and apply a second study to the expanded geometry, or can I import the expanded geometry into another model to be remeshed for a different study?
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Nathan,
this all is possible and you will have to go along a learning curve to realize it. I would advise to go step by step and bring in one coupling after the other and carefully verify each single step. Also take advantage of examples in the application library.
Good luck, Edgar
-------------------Edgar J. Kaiser
emPhys Physical Technology
www.emphys.com