Mechanical and Thermal Models (MaTM)

Type	Description	Source
Gearbox	Model for a gearbox with 2 shafts	gearbox.va
Bouncing Ball	Bouncing ball description	ball.va
Mass Model (1d)	One dimensional mass model	mass1d.va
Spring Model (1d)	One dimensional model for a spring	spring1d.va
Friction Model (1d)	One dimensional model for friction	damper1d.va
Lamp Model	Lamp model with radiation and self-heating	lamp.va

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Gearbox

Module Name gearbox.va	gearbox
Terminals	shaft1 : first shaft : inout rotational_omega shaft2 : second shaft : inout rotational_omega
Parameter	radius1 : radius of first gear = 1 from (0:inf) inertia1 : inertia of first gear = 1m from [0:inf) radius2 : radius of second gear = 1 from (0:inf) intertia2 : inertia of second gear = 1m from (0:inf)

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Bouncing Ball

Module Name ball.va	bouncing_ball
Terminals
Parameter	init_pos : initial position of ball above ground (m) = 10.0 from (0:inf) g : gravitational acceleration (m/s**2) = 9.81from (0:inf) air_res : air resistance = 0.1(1/m) from (0:inf)

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One dimensional Mass Model

Module Name mass1d.va	mass1d
Terminals	n : mechanical terminal : inout kinematics
Parameter	m: mass (gramm) = 25 from (0:inf) init_vel : initial speed (m/s) = 0 init_pos : initial position (m) = 0

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One dimensional Spring Model

Module Name spring1d.va	spring1d
Terminals	n1 : first mechanical terminal : inout kinematics n2 : second mechanical terminal : inout kinematics
Parameter	k : spring constant (n/m) = 10 from (0:inf) l : length of spring (m) = 0.1 from (0:inf)

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One dimensional Friction Model

Module Name damper1d.va	damper1d
Terminals	n1 : first mechanical terminal : inout kinematics n2 : second mechanical terminal : inout kinematics
Parameter	d : friction coefficient (n*s/m) = 1000 from (0:inf)

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Lamp Model

Module Name lamp.va	lamp
Terminals	p1 : positive electrical terminal : inout electrical p2 : negative electrical terminal : inout electrical
Parameter	C_rad : radiation coefficient = 1.0e-4 C_tempcap : temperature capacity = 1.0e-12 Alpha : temperature coefficient = 3.0e-3 Rnom : nominal lamp resistance @RnomReftemp = 50 from (0:inf) RnomReftemp : reference temperature (grad celcius) = 27 from [-`P_CELSIUS0:inf)

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   Last updated on
   December 11, 1998