Defining Multiphysics Models
This chapter describes how two couple the phase transformation interfaces to the Heat Transfer in Solids and Solid Mechanics interfaces. A good place to start reading is in Building a COMSOL Multiphysics Model in the COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual.
In this chapter:
Heat Transfer with Phase Transformations — For modeling phase transformations coupled to heat transfer.
Steel Quenching — For modeling the specific case of austenite decomposition coupled to heat transfer and solid mechanics.
Induction Hardening — For modeling induction hardening processes including phase transformations in steel coupled to heat transfer, solid mechanics, and magnetic fields.
Phase Transformation Latent Heat — A predefined unidirectional coupling that adds latent heat from phase transformations as a heat source term in the coupled heat transfer interface.
Phase Transformation Strain — A predefined bidirectional coupling that is used to transfer strains and stresses to, and from, the coupled solid mechanics interface.