ThermalConductor

Lumped thermal element transporting heat without storing it

Element1D

Usage

ThermalConductor(G)

Parameters:

Connectors

• node_a - This connector represents a thermal node with temperature and heat flow as the potential and flow variables, respectively. (Node)
• node_b - This connector represents a thermal node with temperature and heat flow as the potential and flow variables, respectively. (Node)

Variables

Behavior

$$\begin{align} \mathtt{{\Delta}T}\left( t \right) &= - \mathtt{node\_b.T}\left( t \right) + \mathtt{node\_a.T}\left( t \right) \\ \mathtt{node\_a.Q}\left( t \right) &= Q\left( t \right) \\ \mathtt{node\_a.Q}\left( t \right) + \mathtt{node\_b.Q}\left( t \right) &= 0 \\ Q\left( t \right) &= G \mathtt{{\Delta}T}\left( t \right) \end{align}$$

Source

# Lumped thermal element transporting heat without storing it
component ThermalConductor
  extends Element1D
  # Constant thermal conductance of the material
  parameter G::ThermalConductance
relations
  Q = G*ΔT
end

# Lumped thermal element transporting heat without storing it
component ThermalConductor
  node_a = Node() [{
    "Dyad": {
      "placement": {"icon": {"iconName": "node_a", "x1": -100, "y1": 400, "x2": 100, "y2": 600}}
    }
  }]
  node_b = Node() [{
    "Dyad": {
      "placement": {"icon": {"iconName": "node_b", "x1": 900, "y1": 400, "x2": 1100, "y2": 600}}
    }
  }]
  variable ΔT::Temperature
  variable Q::HeatFlowRate
  # Constant thermal conductance of the material
  parameter G::ThermalConductance
relations
  ΔT = node_a.T-node_b.T
  node_a.Q = Q
  node_a.Q+node_b.Q = 0
  Q = G*ΔT
metadata {}
end

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