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1 October 2012

Product News

COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3a Released

COMSOL has introduces Version 4.3a of COMSOL Multiphysics®, its flagship software for modeling and simulating physics-based systems. With version 4.3a and in response to user requests, COMSOL introduces LiveLink™ for Excel® to connect multiphysics results with spreadsheets. Version 4.3a also further extends the ability of engineers, scientists, and researchers to leverage multiphysics to design and optimize breakthrough products and technologies anywhere from the desktop to the cloud with new support for cluster computing on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud™ (Amazon EC2™). New modules for analyzing fatigue and for importing ECAD files make their debut in Version 4.3a as does the new LiveLink for Solid Edge®, a CAD software from Siemens PLM Software. Additionally, every one of the more than 30 application-specific COMSOL add-on modules for mechanical, electrical, fluid, and chemical modeling and simulation sees major new upgrades. COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3a will be available for download starting October 8.

Major News in COMSOL Multiphysics Version 4.3a At a Glance

  • LiveLink™ for Excel®
    • Run COMSOL simulations from within Microsoft Excel.
    • Load Excel files into COMSOL.
  • Fatigue Module
    • Mechanical fatigue based on stress or strain evaluations.
  • ECAD Import Module
    • Import of ECAD layouts with new functionality for filtering of cells, nets, and layers.
  • LiveLink™ for Solid Edge®
    • Bidirectional associativity with files created with the Solid Edge CAD software from Siemens PLM Software.
  • Cloud Computing
    • Support for cloud computing with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud™ (Amazon EC2™).
  • Parameter Optimization
    • Optimize designs based on geometry model dimensions or other parameters.
  • More Efficient CFD Solvers
    • Optimized solvers for flow simulations and new methods for solving for fluid structure interactions.
  • Accelerated parallel computing.
  • For detailed information on COMSOL Multiphysics version 4.3a please visit www.comsol.com/products/4.3a/

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