2008 AGI-Information Management Consultants May be used for personal purporses only or by libraries associated to dandelon.com network.

SERIES ON STABILITY, VIBRATION AND CONTROL OF SYSTEMS Series A Founder & Editor: Ardeshir Guran Co-Editors: M. Cloud & W. B. Zimmerman

V o l u m e 18

Multiphysics Modelling with Finite Element Methods

William B J Zimmerman
University of Sheffield, UK

'World Scientific
NEWJERSEY LONDON SINGAPORE BEIJING' SHANGHAI H O N G K O N G TAIPEI CHENNAI

CONTENTS

About the Author Foreword Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics W.B.J. Zimm,errnan COMSOL Multiphysics and the Basics of Numerical Analysis W.B.J. Zimmerman Analyzing Evolution Equations by the Finite Element Method W.B.J. Zimmerman and B.N. Hewakandamby Multiphysics W.B.J. Zimmerman Extended Multiphysics W.B.J. Zimmerman, P.O. Mchedlov-Petrossyan and G.A. Khomenko Nonlinear Dynamics and Linear System Analysis W.B.J. Zimmerman Changing Geometry: Continuation and Moving Boundaries V.R. Gundabala, W.B.J. Zimmerman and A.F. Routh

v vii 1

27

65

HI

143

173

213

Contents

Coupling Variables Revisited: Inverse Problems, Line Integrals, Integral Equations, and Integro-Differential Equations W.B.J. Zimmerman Modeling of Multi-Phase Flow Using the Level Set Method K.B. Deshpande, D. Smith and W.B.J. Zimmerman Modelling of Free Surface Flow Problems with Phase Change Three Phase Flows T.L. Mann Newtonian Flow in Grooved Microchannels D.G. Hassell and W.B.J. Zimmerman Electrokinetic Flow W.B.J. Zimmerman and J.M. Machines Plasma Simulations via the Fokker-PIanck Equation A. Shajii and D. Smith Crevice Corrosion of Steel Under a Disbonded Coating F.M. Song and N. Sridhar Numerical Simulation of a Magnetohydrodynamic DC Microdevice J.H.L. Parada and W.B.J. Zimmerman Vector Calculus Fundamentals in COMSOL Multiphysics with Matlab W.B.J. Zimmerman and J.M. Rees Index

237

277

301

313

323

345

361

375

393

419