COMSOL Announces Latest Developments in Multiphysics Modeling, Simulation, and Application Design

Attendees at the COMSOL Conference 2016, were introduced to the latest developments for multiphysics modeling, simulation, app design and deployment, with COMSOL software version 5.2a (announced June 2016), and the latest updates of COMSOL Multiphysics software, COMSOL Server, and COMSOL Client. The latest updates feature major performance increases and provide up to a 10x speedup for the handling of large models and mesh creation.

Loudspeaker design is not a trivial exercise, and as a result, high-performance acoustic simulation software is essential to get accurate predictions that help an engineer develop superior products. Demand for simulations at early design stages are increasing because cost and timing constraints make it impossible to prototype and test every design idea and much can be learned from simulation results, which cannot be obtained in the test chamber. Actran, MSC Software Company’s acoustic simulation solution, based on Finite Element Analysis (FEA) technology, provides predictive simulation capabilities to assess the vibro-acoustic performance of audio devices, which include speakers and microphones.

To help engineers understand their product’s acoustic behavior, MSC is hosting a series of free seminars throughout the US. Each will be presented by Dr. Jean-Louis Migeot, a world-renowned acoustician who serves as Chairman of the Belgian Royal Academy of Science, Professor of Acoustics at the University of Brussels, and CEO of Free Field Technologies. Register for a seminar near you!

MSC Software is promoting new free educational seminars throughout the US to help engineers from a variety of industries better understand their product’s acoustic behavior. The new Acoustic Seminar Series includes an introduction to acoustic theory, an overview of acoustic scenarios from various industries, Q&A sessions and an acoustic simulation best practices overview.

This month’s edition features an overview of Acoustic Simulation of Audio Devices with Actran Software, Mike Klasco’s overview of Integrated Amplified Speaker Solutions and detailed Directory of vendors. James Croft reviews two related patents for a new type of subwoofer architecture. Test Bench examines a new 18” woofer from Precision Devices and the recently released 8” coax woofer/compression driver from Celestion.

MSC Software Corporation announced that it is launching a series of Acoustic Engineering Seminars throughout the United States in 2015 in order to help engineers achieve the difficult balance between government restrictions, consumer preferences, and engineering trends.