modelMetalTube

Cylindrical metal tube - 1 radial node and N axial nodes

Extends from MetalTubeFEM (Cylindrical metal tube - 1 radial node and N axial nodes), Modelica.Icons.ObsoleteModel (Icon for classes that are obsolete and will be removed in later versions).

Information

This is the model of a cylindrical tube of solid material.

The heat capacity (which is lumped at the center of the tube thickness) is accounted for, as well as the thermal resistance due to the finite heat conduction coefficient. Longitudinal heat conduction is neglected.

Modelling options

The following options are available:

  • WallRes = false: the thermal resistance of the tube wall is neglected.
  • WallRes = true: the thermal resistance of the tube wall is accounted for.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
IntegerN (from MetalTubeFEM)2Number of nodes
SI.LengthL (from MetalTubeFEM)Tube length
SI.Lengthrint (from MetalTubeFEM)Internal radius (single tube)
SI.Lengthrext (from MetalTubeFEM)External radius (single tube)
Realrhomcm (from MetalTubeFEM)Metal heat capacity per unit volume [J/m^3.K]
SI.ThermalConductivitylambda (from MetalTubeFEM)Thermal conductivity
BooleanWallRes (from MetalTubeFEM)trueWall conduction resistance accounted for
Realpi (from MetalTubeFEM)Modelica.Constants.pi
Initialisation
SI.TemperatureTstartbar (from MetalTubeFEM)300Avarage temperature
SI.TemperatureTstart1 (from MetalTubeFEM)TstartbarTemperature start value - first node
SI.TemperatureTstartN (from MetalTubeFEM)TstartbarTemperature start value - last node
SI.Temperature[N]Tstart (from MetalTubeFEM)Functions.linspaceExt(Tstart1, TstartN, N)Start value of temperature vector (initialized by default)
Choices.Init.OptionsinitOpt (from MetalTubeFEM)system.initOptInitialisation option

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
DHTint (from MetalTubeFEM)Internal surface
DHText (from MetalTubeFEM)External surface

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
ThermoPower.Systemsystem (from MetalTubeFEM)System wide properties
SI.Temperature[N]T (from MetalTubeFEM)Node temperatures
SI.AreaAm (from MetalTubeFEM)Area of the metal tube cross-section

Revisions