In a series of articles an overview is given for the object-oriented modeling of physical systems. This technique is especially suited for multidisciplinary system simulations and can be seen as a generalization of block diagram modeling. In part 1-7 the fundamentals are explained at hand of simple examples to model continuous systems with discontinuous and variable structure components in a declarative way and to transform such models into state space form. Afterwards, more complex applications are discussed such as the modelling of 3-dimensional mechanical systems and thermo-fluid pipe flow.
Print ISSN: 0178-2312
Volume: 47, 01/1999
Pages: 0A1