Application of Numerical Modeling on Assessing Product Value Proposition and Enhancing Fundamental Understanding in Corning Incorporated

Numerical modeling is now playing an important role in Corning. It has been used extensively to design new product, develop new process platforms, characterize the value propositions of new product, and enhance the fundamental understanding of the material and process. In this talk, we will give two examples about how we applied numerical modeling for Corning businesses.

In the first example, numerical modeling is used to characterize the value proposition of Gorilla hybrid laminate on improving the defrosting efficiency of vehicle windshield. The modeling results indicate that the Gorilla hybrid laminate shows 15% improvement over conventional counterparts in the standard test using a 0.5 mm frost layer. And the improvement is more pronounced in the tests with thin frost layers.

In the second example, numerical modeling is applied to enhance the fundamental understanding of the KGF transport inside cell clusters. The modeling results support the hypothesis that the KGF transport process is governed by the passive diffusion due to concentration gradient, and there is no noticeable active transport by the cells.