On-site: Heat Transfer Intensive Training Course (2 Days) - Zurich

If you are interested in solving realistic heat transfer problems using COMSOL Multiphysics^®, this is the course for you.

During this 2-day course, we will cover the modeling of heat transfer via conduction, convection, and radiation in solids and fluids. Modeling of temperature fields in solids, liquids, gases and thin-walled parts will be addressed. Additionally, you will learn about modeling multiphysics problems in which temperature fields are computed along with electromagnetic fields, structural deformations, and other physics.

To teach this course, we complement hands-on problem solving with discussions of relevant theory and best practices. By the end of the course, you will know how to successfully and efficiently set up heat transfer simulations using the COMSOL^® software.

Day 1 Monday, September 8th, 2025 9:00 - 17:00

Please plan to check in between 8:45-9:00.

• UNIT 1: Conduction
  Heat transfer in solids, available physics features (temperature, heat flux, heat sources, …), anisotropy, stationary and time dependent studies, consistent initialization, dealing with strong nonlinearities

• UNIT 2: Empirical Heat Transfer Modeling
  Convective heat transfer coefficient, Nusselt correlations, domain approximations for convection

• UNIT 3: Heat Convection (Free and Forced)
  Forced convection: heat transfer in fluids and available physics features, laminar flow and available physics features, compressibility options, nonisothermal flow coupling, turbulent flows. Free convection: Boussinesq approximation, natural convection in open and closed fluid domains

• UNIT 4: Conjugate Heat Transfer
  Heat transfer in solids and fluids

• UNIT 5: Thin Layers, Pipes, and Lumped Thermal Systems
  Large aspect ratio meshing dilemma, thin structures for heat transfer, layered material technology, thin layer types

Day 2 Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 9:00 - 17:00

Please plan to check in between 8:45-9:00.

• UNIT 6: Heat Radiation (Surface-to-Surface)
  Relative importance of thermal radiation, overview of radiation types, surface to surface radiation, view factors, discretization methods, surface properties, radiation direction, opacity, wavelength-dependency, external radiation sources

• UNIT 7: Phase Change
  Apparent heat capacity method, phase change material, moisture transport evaporation and condensation, Stefan’s condition, deformed geometry, moving mesh

• UNIT 8: Multiphysics Couplings
  (Joule, Induction, Microwave, Laser Heating, Thermal Expansion, Porous Media, …) Types of couplings between Heat Transfer and other physics interfaces

• UNIT 9: Best Practice
  

Suggested Background

This course assumes some familiarity with the basic concepts of heat transfer. We strongly recommend that those new to COMSOL Multiphysics^® take the COMSOL Multiphysics^® Intensive course prior to attending this class.

Pricing & Payment Methods

The fee for this course is CHF 1499 (academic rate CHF 749 ) + VAT including, course material. This course will be held in English. Personal assistance in German and French will be provided.

Please bring your laptop to the event in order to practice the new functionality right away. All participants will receive a 14-days free trial license of the current COMSOL Multiphysics® software version.

For more information, e-mail events-ch@comsol.com, or call +41 (0)44 515 78 00.