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Introduction to the Physics Interfaces
Solving PDEs generally means you must take the time to set up the underlying equations, material properties, and boundary conditions for a given problem. COMSOL Multiphysics, however, relieves you of much of this work. The software provides a number of physics interfaces that consist of nodes and settings that set up the equations and variables for specific areas of physics. An extensive set of physics-dependent variables makes it easy to visualize and evaluate the important physical quantities using conventional terminology and notation.
A complement to the interfaces for physics, special interfaces for equation-based modeling simplify the setup of PDEs for modeling that does not explicitly refer to any particular application field. In addition, other interfaces supplement the physics with special functionality such as the Sensitivity and Moving Mesh user interfaces.