Major News in Version 5.2

 

COMSOL Multiphysics® version 5.2 delivers new features, improved stability and robustness, and faster execution. Major upgrades to the Application Builder include the new Editor Tools for easy creation of user interface components. Running simulation apps using COMSOL Server™ in a corporate network or in the cloud is now far faster. Browse through the release highlights to find out what is new or download COMSOL version 5.2 to utilize the latest technology in simulations today.
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General

  • Save applications if the license server connection is lost before exiting your app.
  • New and more robust tetrahedral meshing algorithm.
  • Partition selected domains prior to meshing in order to create domain shapes and sizes more applicable for the mesh operation.
  • Import mesh parts and material data that uses mesh parts and integrate with the geometry sequence.
  • Save memory and computing power by caching parts of a solution when running studies where you only need part of a solution for visualization and results.
  • New annotation feature in 2D and 3D plots.

Application Builder

  • Over 50 new and updated example apps published to the Application Library showcasing many different features and functionality from the Form and Method editors.
  • New Editor Tools window to go from model and application content directly to tailor-made form objects.
  • Update graphics and plot while solving.

COMSOL Server™

  • Application load times have been significantly shortened while administrators can choose to preload apps when launching COMSOL Server™.
  • Select an app to launch as soon as a user logs into COMSOL Server™ without going through the Application Library.
  • Reconnect to applications that are currently running from any location and any browser or COMSOL Client.
  • Create desktop shortcuts to launch applications.

Electrical

  • Present impedance, admittance, and reflection data in Smith plots.
  • Use external nonlinear magnetic material models from user-defined dynamic libraries in the definition and simulation of magnetic fields.
  • Automatic scaling of skin depth for lossy electric and magnetic media through physics-controlled meshing.
  • Release of rays from edges and points.

Mechanical

  • Incorporate third-party libraries or functions of material models, written in C code, which define the stress-strain relation or return an inelastic strain contribution for nonlinear material simulations.
  • Improved formulation for small strain plasticity with geometric nonlinearity.
  • Represent frequency-domain transfer functions, responses, sensitivity curves, insertion, and transmission loss in acoustics applications through octave band plots.
  • Added documentation and flowchart to help in selecting the appropriate fatigue model for different scenarios.

Fluid

  • Simulate three-phase flow and the interaction of three immiscible fluids through using the phase field method.
  • Introduction of the algebraic yPlus and L-VEL turbulent models for mixing applications for less resource-intensive computations.
  • Model compressible flows and account for the Bernoulli effect in pipe flow applications.
  • New convective heat transfer coefficient correlation for natural convection around vertical cylinders.

Chemical

  • Specify nonspherical catalytic pellet shapes, such as cylinders and flakes, for catalytic bed applications.
  • Include volumetric effects when using edge elements and the boundary element method in corrosion and other electrochemical applications.
  • Model thin insulating sheets as internal boundaries in electrolyte domains to reduce computational costs.
  • Couple the effect of deposition and dissolution of electrode species to geometry deformation with improved tools.

Multipurpose and Interfacing

  • Solve inverse problems through an improved least-square optimization algorithm.
  • Release particles from edges and points in particle tracing applications.
  • Better plotting experience with LiveLink™ for MATLAB®, through an enhanced wrapper function.
  • Generates selections for imported ECAD layers to enable more efficient simulation setup.

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