Thermal Module

Directory List

AxialTurbineDesign	Design an axial turbine
BladeSpacing	Computes s/b - blade spacing divided by the chord
BladeStress	Compute stress on turbine blades.
Brayton	Brayton Cycle
BraytonCycleComplex.jpg	Two-compressor cycle diagram
BraytonCycleComplexNoRecuperator.jpg	Cycle diagram without recuperator
BraytonIdeal	Ideal Brayton cycle
BraytonWithRecuperator	Brayton Cycle with Recuperator
CentrifugalCompressor	Designs a centrifugal compressor.
CycleDesign	Brayton cycle design from temperature, pressure and efficiencies
ImpactThickness	For turbine blades going through the shell
NewBrayton.png	Updated cycle diagram
OrbiterBraytonCycleInternalBFD.png	Diagrams for pipe layout
SizeTurbineAndCompressor	Designs the turbine and compressor for a Brayton cycle.

HeatEngine	Brayton cycle heat engine design
OneMWAxialTurbine	Size 1 MW axial turbine
SimpleBraytonCycle	Analysis of an ideal Brayton cycle

HeatExchangerDesign	Study the heat exchanger between the plasma and the magnets
MLIHeatTransfer	Total flux emitted to a surface through a layer of MLI
ShellThermalAnalysis	Shell analysis
SizeExchangerChannel	Size the channels for heat transfer with He/Xe
ThermalCapacity	Thermal capacity Nitrogen and CO2

Simple Rankine Cycle demo

IsothermalSpacecraftDemo	Isothermal satellite simulation
SCThermalDemo	Demonstrates how to use the thermal modeling package
TNet	Demonstrate Thermnet.
ThermalEquilibriumBox	Thermal equilibrium examples.
ThreeNodeNetwork	Demonstrate Thermnet with a three node model.

Design a linear quadratic temperature controller

Create a simple satellite with 6 panels for thermal analysis.

AbsoluteViscosity	Computes the absolute viscosity.
FrictionLaminar	Computes the laminar friction.
HeatExchanger	Designs a heat exchanger for a one sided heat flux
HeatExchangerWithLosses	Implements a flat plate heat exchanger with radiation losses
HeatTransferChannel	Designs a heat exchanger for a one sided heat flux
HeatTransferCoeff	Computes the Heat transfer coefficient.
HeatTransferCoeffTaylor	HeatTransferCoeffTaylor Heat transfer coefficient based on Taylor
KinematicViscosity	Computes the Kinematic viscosity from viscosity and density
NusseltDeveloping	Computes the Nusselt number for developing turbulent flow.
NusseltLaminar	Computes the Nusselt number for laminar flow.
NusseltTurbulent	Computes the Nusselt number for fully developed turbulent flow.
PrandtlNikuradse	Computes the Fanning friction factor for fully developed turbulent flow.
PrandtlNumber	Computes the Prandtl Number.
PressureDropChannel	Computes the channel pressure drop
ReynoldsNumberKinematic	Computes the Reynolds number from kinematic viscosity
ThermalConductivity	Computes the thermal conductivity
ThermalConductivityAndViscHeXe	Computes the thermal conductivity and viscosity

OptimalMLIDensity	Determine optimal Multi-layer Insulation (MLI) density
RadiationShield	Computes temperatures on a radiation shield with MLI

RankineCycle	Simple Rankine Cycle from turbine pressures
SteamTablesSuperheatedEnthalpy	Enthalpy for superheated steam or compressed water.
TSCurve	Generate the TS curve for water and steam

AeroHeatFlux	Aerodynamic heat flux.
BTUToJoule	Converts BTUs to Joules
FSolarPanelThermal	Used by fmins from SolarPanelThermal to compute panel temperatures.
GrayBody	Aborptivity and emissivity of a gray body.
Isothermal	Model a spacecraft as an isothermal radiator.
IsothermalHelio	Isothermal model in heliocentric orbit.
IsothermalLunar	Model a spacecraft as an isothermal radiator in lunar orbit.
JouleToBTU	Converts Joules to BTUs
LambertL	Lambert's cosine law.
PanelThermalModel	Computes the temperatures of a panel from a CAD model.
PlanckL	Planck's law for a black body.
RHSAerodynamicHeating	Compute aerodynamic heating.
RHSIsothermal	Model a spacecraft as an isothermal radiator.
RadBFp	Radiation between equal area flat plates.
RadDa	Radiation from an incremental area
RadiationShapeFactor	Computes the radiation shape factor
SolarPanelThermal	Compute the front/back temperatures of a solar panel.
SpaceCamera	Draw spacecraft in orbit about a planet, as seen by an in-situ camera.
SpacecraftThermal	Compute the temperature and input flux for the spacecraft components.
ThermalColorMap	Generates a color corresponding to a temperature.
ThermalEquilibrium	Thermal equilibrium for a system with conduction and radiation
Thermnet	Model a thermal circuit from nodal masses

BraytonCycle.png	Cycle image for displaying Brayton design results
NewBraytonTransmission.png	Updated cycle image for displaying results
RankineCycle.png	Cycle image for displaying Rankine design results
Steam_Tables_Pressure.xlsx	Steam tables as a function of pressure
Steam_Tables_Superheated.xlsx	Steam tables for superheated steam
Steam_Tables_Temperature.xlsx	Steam tables as a function of
ThermalCube.mat	Cube CAD model with thermal network

DrawThermalPlugIn	Draw a thermal diagram.
PlotThermal	Plots flux and temperature time histories.
ThermalImager	Color a spacecraft or planet corresponding to a temperature.

AbsDa	Absorbed radiation from an incremental area.
BlckBody	Aborptivity and emissivity of a black body.
EmittanceParallelPlates	Computes the emittance of plates in parallel.
HeXeMixture	Compute gas properties for a helium/xenon mixture
HeatFP	Computes the temperature at two surfaces of a flat plate
HeatShieldCoating	Values for heat shield coatings.
LiquidMetalProps	Liquid metal thermal properties
RadiatorCoating	Values for radiator coatings.
TempConv	Converts temperatures between units.
TempCyl	Temperature of a cylinder. Includes ends.
TempFP	Temperature of a flat plate.
TempSph	Temperature of a sphere.
WiensDsp	Computes the peak black body wavelength as a function of temperature.

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