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THERMAL.Plate


COMPONENT Plate

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DESCRIPTION:
2D thermal model of a rectangular plate

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS:
NAME  TYPE  DEFAULT  DESCRIPTION  UNITS  
nx INTEGER  2 OX - Number of nodes for plate - 
ny INTEGER  3 OY - Number of nodes for plate - 

PORTS:
NAME  TYPE  PARAMETERS  DIRECTION  CARDINALITY  DESCRIPTION  
tpx_in PORTS_LIB.thermal  (n = ny)  IN   OX - Thermal inlet port 
tpx_out PORTS_LIB.thermal  (n = ny)  OUT   OX - Thermal outlet port 
tpy_in PORTS_LIB.thermal  (n = nx)  IN   OY - Thermal inlet port 
tpy_out PORTS_LIB.thermal  (n = nx)  OUT   OY - Thermal outlet port 

DATA:
NAME  TYPE  DEFAULT  RANGE  DESCRIPTION  UNITS  
L REAL  1  OX - Plate length m 
TemperatureDependance BOOLEAN   TRUE   Option to consider or not the temperature depence on the material properties  
To REAL  290  Initial temperature of nodes K 
To_linear[2] REAL  { 290,290}   Initial temperatures at both side if init_mode = Linear_Temp  K 
To_table TABLE_1D    Table with initial wall temperature versus non-dimensional position if init_mode = Table_Temp (K) K 
W REAL  1  OY - Plate width m 
cp REAL  500  Plate specific heat if material is None J/(kg�K) 
e REAL  0.003  OZ - Plate thickness m 
init_mode ENUM WALL_INIT_MODE Constant_Temp  Option for the initiliazation of the nodal temperatures  
k REAL  0.1  Plate conductivity if material is None W/(m�K) 
mat ENUM Material None  Material - 
rho REAL  1000  Plate density if material is None kg/m^3 

DECLS:
NAME  TYPE  INITIAL  RANGE  DESCRIPTION  UNITS  
Ax REAL    OX - Cross Area m^2 
Ay REAL    OY - Cross Area m^2 
C_x[nx + 1,ny] REAL    OX - Equivalent conductance between the thermal nodes W/K 
C_y[nx,ny + 1] REAL    OY - Equivalent conductance between the thermal nodes W/K 
F CONST REAL  0.0001  Thermal capacity ratio assigned to the surface - 
T[nx,ny] REAL    Nodal temperature K 
V REAL    Node volume m^3 
cp_tpx[2,ny] REAL    OX - Nodal specific heat of first-last section skin J/(kg�K) 
cp_tpy[nx,2] REAL    OY - Nodal specific heat of first-last section skin J/(kg�K) 
cp_var[nx,ny] REAL    Specific heat of nodes J/(kg�K) 
dx REAL    OX - Node width or nodal distance m 
dy REAL    OY - Node width or nodal distance m 
icpk[nx,ny] INTEGER    Last pointer to speed up nodal interpolations  
icpk_tpx[2,ny] INTEGER    OX - Pointer to last interpolation interval for each port node  
icpk_tpy[nx,2] INTEGER    OY - Pointer to last interpolation interval for each port node  
it0 INTEGER    Pointer to To  
k_var[nx,ny] REAL    Thermal conductivities of nodes W/(m�K) 
qx[nx + 1,ny] REAL    OX - Heat flow between nodes W 
qy[nx,ny + 1] REAL    OY - Heat flow between nodes W 
rho_var REAL    Density of plate material kg/m^3 
FORMULATION:






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