Not every engineer held onto his or her old textbooks. Some are even starting to learn and simulate concepts they never learned in school. To aid in this learning curve, COMSOL has released a new resource to model electrical systems in COMSOL Multiphysics.
A great starting point for this resource is the “Designing and Modeling Electrical Systems and Devices Showcase.” This document will teach users the basics in electrical simulation modeling and the capabilities of the COMSOL products to do so.
This multiphysics resource offers users examples as a base to their own designs. These examples demonstrate the multiphysics between electrical designs, fluid flow, chemical reactions, and even mechanical stress.
As users will have different learning styles, the resource offers videos, white papers, case studies, and interactive example models. With this knowledge users can design, optimize, certify, and verify their designs, as well as interact better in an interdisciplinary team.
It is very important that engineers are trained in the disciplines they are using in their designs. This is a fundamental fact of the profession to ensure the safety of public and property. As the trend of CAE companies offering more multiphysics and multi-disciplinary tools continues engineers will need to be trained to ensure they don’t get “garbage in garbage out” results.
I foresee the release of many more resources, tools, webinars and seminars offered by COMSOL and other simulation giants, such as Autodesk, Siemens, CD-Adapco, ANSYS and more. Though it is great to be a resident expert on a specialized topic, it is important to keep up with these training resources to ensure you are knowledgeable of the general disciplines you will soon interact with.
For those interested in learning how to simulate electronics in their designs, resources are available on Comsols website.
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