COMSOL 6.0 - FEM, FDM and FVM

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COMSOL 6.0 - FEM, FDM and FVM

gl-l (Electrical)

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27 Apr 22 08:28

Hello,

I am currently using COMSOL for electrical simulations. I have read about the different finite methods; the finite element method, the finite difference method, and the finite volume method. COMSOL describes their use of FEM in the following link; https://www.comsol.com/multiphysics/finite-element....
My question is; Does COMSOL it self differentiate between the different finite methods when performing a simulation, or does it purely use FEM?

Thanks in advance

Best regards
Gustav

FEA way (Mechanical) · Answer 1 · 2022-04-27 11:07:26

Comsol uses FEM even for CFD. There are just some small exceptions where a different approach is used. For example, the Semiconductor Module offers FVM to be used instead of FEM if the users wants to do so.

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