The Future of Optimal Design Computations Is Democratized and Cross-Disciplinary

By Bjorn Sjodin, VP of Product Management at COMSOL

The never-ending struggle to fit more components in a limited space while keeping costs at a minimum poses a great optimal design challenge for future design engineering teams. Miniaturization in consumer electronics, for example, easily leads to overheating and efforts to reduce weight may lead to compromised structural integrity. These contradictory requirements result in difficult optimization problems that require a cross-disciplinary approach involving many different types of coupled physics.

We at COMSOL realize that achieving optimal design is a company-wide challenge. Therefore, we are leading the democratization of simulation efforts by providing engineers from various fields with the software tools to collaborate and simultaneously optimize a design based on geometrical dimensions, material properties, and external conditions while including all relevant physics in the mix. Developed specifically for solving multiphysics problems, our software is already uniquely positioned to address these complex optimal design challenges. That is why we expanded our suite of products with the Application Builder in COMSOL Multiphysics® and COMSOL Server™. The Application Builder provides design teams with tools to turn detailed virtual multiphysics models into easy-to-use apps. COMSOL Server™ further allows worldwide deployment of these apps by hosting them locally and making them readily accessible through the latest web technology.

The adoption of simulation apps makes the workflow streamlined and inclusive. Design teams can reach the optimal solution faster by providing other departments with apps to let them experiment with parameters affecting manufacturability and aesthetics, for example. With simulation apps, you do not have to be an expert in numerical simulation to suggest a design iteration based on high-fidelity multiphysics simulation results.

We are committed to continue to deliver the most efficient and robust multiphysics environment with a wide range of products for electrical, mechanical, acoustics, fluid, thermal, and chemical simulations. With the Application Builder and COMSOL Server™, we provide design teams with the software technology to bring optimal product design and multiphysics to everyone, from departments in their organization to customers worldwide.