Thermal Module

Directory List

BraytonIdeal	Ideal Brayton cycle
BraytonWithRecuperator	Brayton Cycle with Recuperator

SCThermalDemo	Demonstrates how to use the thermal modeling package
SimpleBraytonCycle	Analysis of an ideal Brayton cycle
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.
KinematicViscosity	Computes the Kinematic viscosity.
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.
ThermalConductivity	Computes the thermal conductivity

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.
OptimalMLIDensity	Determine optimal Multi-layer Insulation (MLI) density
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 in input flux for the spacecraft components.
ThermalColorMap	Generates a color corresponding to a temperature.
ThermalEquilibrium	This function computes the thermal equilibrium for a system
Thermnet	Creates a set of first order differential equations to model

BraytonCycle.png	Cycle image for displaying results
ThermalCube.mat	Cube CAD model with thermal network

DrawThermalPlugIn	Draw a thermal diagram.
PlotThermal	Plots flux and temperature.
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.
HeatFP	Computes the temperature at two surfaces of a flat plate
HeatShieldCoating	Values for heat shield coatings.
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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