Overview of the User’s Guide
The Polymer Flow Module User’s Guide gets you started with modeling using COMSOL Multiphysics. The information in this guide is specific to this module. Instructions on how to use COMSOL in general are included with the COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual.
As detailed in the section Where Do I Access the Documentation and Application Libraries? this information can also be searched from the COMSOL Multiphysics software Help menu.
The Fluid Flow Branch
There are several fluid flow interfaces available. The various types of momentum transport that you can simulate includes single-phase flow and multiphase flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Every section describes the applicable physics interfaces in detail and concludes with the underlying interface theory.
Single-Phase Flow
Single-Phase Flow Interfaces describes the Creeping Flow, Laminar Flow, Viscoelastic Flow, Incompressible Potential Flow and Rotating Machinery, Laminar Flow interfaces.
Multiphase Flow and Mathematics, Moving Interfaces
Multiphase Flow Interfaces describes the Two-Phase Flow, Level Set and Phase Field interfaces; the Three-Phase Flow, Phase Field interface; and the Two-Phase Flow, Moving Mesh interface. Some multiphase flow is described using the Phase Field and Level Set interfaces found under Mathematics, Moving Interfaces branch. In this module, these physics are already integrated into the relevant physics interfaces.
Porous Media and Subsurface Flow
The Porous Media and Subsurface Flow Interfaces chapter describes the Brinkman Equations and Free and Porous Media Flow, Brinkman interfaces.
The chemical species transport branch
This branch contains physics interfaces for chemical species transport and the predefined Reacting Flow multiphysics coupling.
Chemical Species Transport
Chemical Species Transport Interfaces describes the Transport of Diluted Species physics interface and the Reacting Flow, Diluted Species multiphysics interface.
The heat transfer branch
This branch contains physics interfaces for heat transfer in fluids and solids.
Heat Transfer
Heat Transfer and Nonisothermal Flow Interfaces describes the added functionality for the Heat Transfer and Nonisothermal Flow interfaces in the Polymer Flow Module.
Curing
Chemorheology and Curing Kinetics describes the Curing Reaction interface and the Curing Reaction Heating multiphysics coupling.