Introduction

Welcome to the COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software! This book details features and techniques that help you throughout all of your COMSOL modeling in Version 5.2a using the COMSOL Desktop® environment. For example, detailed information about how to build model geometries in COMSOL, how to create a mesh for the analysis, how to create parameters and variables used within a model, how to add the physics interfaces and material properties, and how to solve and display the results, are all explained. The full set of documentation shows you, step by step, how to tap into the functions and capabilities in the COMSOL Multiphysics environment.

This introductory chapter provides an overview of COMSOL Multiphysics and its product family, documentation set, and other resources.

Version 5.2a contains further developed and enhanced COMSOL Application Builder and COMSOL Server products for creating and deploying powerful yet easy-to-use custom applications based on the power of COMSOL Multiphysics.