Taught by Mario Valero Pérez

This course is dedicated to reviewing the fundamentals and underlying theory of heat transfer as well as the related physics interfaces available in COMSOL Multiphysics. In this way, it contains a general and detailed description of the concepts, methods, and tools available for modeling Heat Transfer problems, including all the necessary theoretical background. 

Using the Heat Transfer Module, students will analyze heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation. The Heat Transfer Module includes a complete set of features to investigate thermal designs and the effects of heat sources. Students will be able to model temperature fields and heat flows through devices, components and buildings, including multiphysics effects such as the thermoelectric effect and Joule, laser, induction and microwave heating.

After reviewing the basic concepts of heat transfer, the interfaces that can be used to perform different types of modelingwill be described in detail . The available interfaces include: “Heat transfer in solids”, “Heat transfer in fluids”, “Heat transfer”, “Bioheat transfer”, “Heat transfer in building materials”, “Heat transfer in moist air”, “Heat transfer with surface-to-surface radiation”, “Heat transfer with radiation in participating medium”, “Heat transfer in thin plates”, “Heat transfer in thin layers” and “Heat transfer in fractures”.