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Distributed Thermal Conductor

Multiple Thermal Conductor connecting Cuboid Node and Cuboid Shape with contact area of each node, calculated by their relative positions

 Description The Distributed Thermal Conductor component is used for connecting Cuboid (in Nodes) and CuboidShape (in Shapes) components. This component can take account of contact area size between Cuboid and each node of the Shape. Each contact area size is automatically calculated from both cuboid size and center positions of cuboid. (Note: It cannot take account of relative rotation.) When using this component, first, you must input same parameters as Cuboid into Node Property and CuboidShape into Shape Property with center position of cuboid. Then, connect to of Cuboid and to of CuboidShape.
 Equations Contact area ratios Ac_Node[i] and Ac_Shape[i] are defined as follows.      Heat conductance $\mathrm{G__off}$ is used for the heat path without heat flow. (For details, see Cuboid, CuboidShape, Thermal Conductor  help).
 Variables (For details, see Cuboid, CuboidShape, Thermal Conductor  help).

Connections

 Name Units Condition Description Modelica ID $\mathrm{port_node}$  Thermal port of Node side port_node $\mathrm{port_shape}\left[i\right]$ i-th thermal port of Shape side The total number of i is determined by Nodes_Shape[1]*[2]*[3] port_shape

Parameters

 Symbol Default Units Description Modelica ID $\mathrm{Material__Node}$  $-$ Solid material property data Material_node $\frac{W}{m\cdot K}$ Material.k is the thermal conductivity of the material Material_node.k $\frac{J}{\mathrm{kg}\cdot K}$ Material.cp is the specific heat capacity of the material Material_node.cp $\frac{\mathrm{kg}}{{m}^{3}}$ Material.rho is the density of the material Material_node.rho $\mathrm{L__Node}$ $1$ ${m}^{}$ Length of cubic L_node $\mathrm{W__Node}$ $1$ ${m}^{}$ Width of cubic W_node $\mathrm{H__Node}$ $1$ ${m}^{}$ Height of cubic H_node $\mathrm{Position__Node}$ $\left[0,0,0\right]$ $m$ Center position of the Cuboid [X, Y, Z]. pos_node[3] $\mathrm{Material__Shape}$  $-$ Solid material property data Material_node $\frac{W}{m\cdot K}$ Material.k is the thermal conductivity of the material Material_node.k $\frac{J}{\mathrm{kg}\cdot K}$ Material.cp is the specific heat capacity of the material Material_node.cp $\frac{\mathrm{kg}}{{m}^{3}}$ Material.rho is the density of the material Material_node.rho $\mathrm{L__Shape}$ $1$ ${m}^{}$ Length of cubic L_shape $\mathrm{W__Shape}$ $1$ ${m}^{}$ Width of cubic W_shape $\mathrm{H__Shape}$ $1$ ${m}^{}$ Height of cubic H_shape $\mathrm{Nodes__Shape}$ [5, 3, 3] Number of nodes [L, W, H] $\mathrm{numNode}\left[3\right]$ $\mathrm{Position__Shape}$ $\left[0,0,0\right]$ $m$ Center position of the CuboidShape [X, Y, Z]. pos_shape[3] $\mathrm{L__t}$ $0.001$ $m$ Optional. Threshold distance regarded as contacted Lt $\mathrm{G__off}$ ${10}^{-7}$ $\frac{W}{K}$ Optional. Constant thermal conductance of material which is used for representing the path without heat flow Goff

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