Simulation methods: Simulations with COMSOL

Finite element calculations are methods in numerical mathematics, which are used, to solve different kinds of mathematical equations.

This method is very powerful, because it is also possible, to numerically solve equations, for which other calculation methods fail.

It is possible to simulate problems in thermal phyiscs, electromagnetism, hydrodynamics, but also in biology or medicine; but also a lot of other applications, especially also in mechanics or chemical process engineering.

There are several excellent software packages available, with which an engineer or scientist can solve such kinds of problems himself.

Here I give only some informations about one of them - COMSOL

Have a look at their website:
http://www.comsol.de/

To get a good overview, what problems can be sovled, look at their Model Gallery at:

http://www.comsol.de/showroom/product/

Comsol has also excellent tutorials

http://www.comsol.de/products/tutorials/

and a lot of free webinars:

http://www.comsol.de/events/webinars/

I think, that the website of Comsol gives quite a good overview, how powerful numerically simulation methods are nowadays and that an engineer or scientist should master such methods, if he is interested to solve application problems. Because then it is not possible, to use too simple models for the reality.