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Thermal Chain

Purpose

Implements an ideal thermal RC chain.

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Thermal

Description

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This component implements a thermal RC chain of variable length. Using the elements of the vectors provided in the component parameters Thermal resistances and Thermal capacitances a subcircuit is built as shown below. The thermal capacitor C1 is connected to the terminal marked with a dot.

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Parameters and Dialog Box

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Thermal resistances
A vector containing the values of the thermal resistors R1 ...Rn, in K/W.
Thermal capacitances
A vector containing the values of the thermal capacitors C1 ...Cn, in J/K.
Initial temperature
A scalar value specifying the initial temperature of all thermal capacitors at simulation start, in kelvins (K). The default is 0.