This module is specialized in the analysis of components and subsystems where it is necessary to evaluate structural deformations. It also contains special application modes for the modeling of shells, beams and plates.
Application modes in this module solve stationary and dynamic models, and let you perform eigenfrequency, parametric, quasi-static and frequency-response analyses. 3D solid as well as 2D plane stress, plane strain and axisymmetric analyses also allow the specification of elastoplastic and hyperelastic material laws as well as large deformations.
A postprocessing feature extends the module with the tools required for high and low-cycle fatigue, and multiaxial fatigue based on critical planes methods.
The Structural Mechanics Module works in tandem with COMSOL Multiphysics and the other discipline-specific modules to couple structural analysis to any multiphysics phenomenon.
Application Examples
- Acoustic-structure interaction
- Biomechanics and bioengineering
- Buckling analysis
- Elasto-plastic and hyperelastic analysis of materials
- Electromechanical machinery
- Fatigue analysis
- Fluid-structure interaction (FSI)
- Fracture mechanics
- Multiphysics contact
- Piezoelectric effects
- Polymer mechanics
- Stress-optical effects
- Thermal friction
- Thermal-structural interaction
- Viscoelasticity and thermal creep