Thermal Model

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Class in Zendir.Classes | Inherits from UniverseModel

Declaration

class ThermalModel;

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Description

A thermal model can be added to any universe object which is able to manage the thermal data of a particular object. This will enable thermal CSV lookups or standard Thermal models.

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Properties

Declared	Description
AnalysisModel	The analysis model type used for this thermal model, which determineshow the thermal calculations are performed.
Emissivity	The emissivity of the object that this model isattached to, for radiative heat transfer calculations.
EnableSpaceRadiation	A flag whether to radiate any remaining heat as a remainder of thesurface area if no connections are present to space.
IdealTemperature	The ideal temperature of the object that this model isattached to, for thermal management calculations.
NetPower	The net power of the object that this model is attached to,for thermal calculations. This is the total power generatedminus the total power lost through radiation and is used forthe calculation of the transfer.
Out_ThermalMsg	Output thermal message containing the thermal data produced bythe system.
PowerGeneration	The total amount of power generated internally by the objectthat this model is attached to, for thermal calculations.Positive for heating, negative for cooling (e.g. fuel tank gas expansion).
SpecificHeatCapacity	The specific heat capacity of the object that this model isattached to, for thermal calculations.
SurfaceArea	The total surface area of the object that this model isattached to, for radiative heat transfer calculations.
Temperature	The current temperature of the object that this model isattached to.
TemperatureDot	The change in temperature of the object that this model isattached to, for thermal calculations over time.
ThermalConductivity	The thermal conductivity of the object that this model isattached to, for thermal calculations.
Thickness	The thickness of the object that this model isattached to, for thermal calculations.

Inherited	Description
IsEnabled	Is true if the object is currently enabled.
Name	The display name or tag of this object.
Parent	The currently attached parent object.

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Methods

Declared	Description
Connect	Connects this thermal model to another thermal model with the specifiedsurface area and connection type.
Disconnect	Disconnects two thermal models, removing any thermal connections between them.
GetRootConnectionCount	Gets the number of thermal connections associated with the root objectthat this model is attached to.
GetRootModels	Gets the thermal models associated with a given physical object, based onthe root object that this model is attached to.
GetThermalMass	Returns the thermal mass of the object this model is attached to.
GetTotalConnectionArea	Gets the total connection area for a given thermal model.
Initialise	Loads the thermal model for a lookup analysis model. This willattempt to load the CSV file specified in the file path. Thisassumes the first column is time and the ‘indexed’ column is temperature.

Inherited	Description
FindParentWithID	Returns an attached parent that satisfies the specified ID.
FindParentWithType	Returns an attached parent that satisfies the specified type.
FindRootWithID	Returns a root object that satisfies the specified ID.
FindRootWithType	Returns a root object that satisfies the specified type.