THERMAL.Saddle

COMPONENT Saddle

ICON:

DESCRIPTION:
Thermal model of a saddle component used to fasten heat pipes to a surface

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS:

NAME	TYPE	DEFAULT	DESCRIPTION	UNITS
n	INTEGER	5	Number of nodes	-

PORTS:

NAME	TYPE	PARAMETERS	DIRECTION	CARDINALITY	DESCRIPTION
tp_in	PORTS_LIB.thermal	(n = n)	IN		Saddle array of thermal inlet ports
tp_out	PORTS_LIB.thermal	(n = n)	OUT		Saddle array of thermal outlet ports

DATA:

NAME	TYPE	DEFAULT	RANGE	DESCRIPTION	UNITS
A	REAL	0.001		Cross sectional area of saddle	m^2
G	REAL	50		Conductance of saddle per unit length	W/(m�K)
TemperatureDependance	BOOLEAN	TRUE		Option to consider or not the temperature depence on the material properties
To	REAL	290		Initial temperature of nodes	K
cp	REAL	500		Saddle specific heat if material is None	J/(kg�K)
k	REAL	0.1		Saddle conductivity if material is None	W/(m�K)
l	REAL	1		Length of saddle	m
mat	ENUM Material	None		Material used for saddle	-
rho	REAL	1000		Saddle density if material is None	kg/m^3

DECLS:

NAME	TYPE	INITIAL	RANGE	DESCRIPTION	UNITS
T[n]	REAL			Temperature of nodes	K
cp_var[n]	REAL			Specific heat of nodes	J/(kg�K)
dx	REAL			Node length	m
icpk[n]	INTEGER			Last pointer to speed up nodal interpolations
it0	INTEGER			Pointer to To
k_var[n]	REAL			Thermal conductivities of nodes	W/(m�K)
q[n + 1]	REAL			Axial heat flow through nodes	W
rho_var	REAL			Density of saddle material	kg/m^3

FORMULATION:

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