How to Compare Animations in Dymola
In this blog post I’ll look at how you can compare animations generated by two different experiments. If you are simulating your model with different parameter settings, it can be very useful to compare the animation results as first pass to see what difference your parameter changes have made...
An Introduction to System Modelling – 2. Building Models
Carrying on from the previous post on the Introduction to System Modelling Before Building Models, which details preparing to build a system, this post will focus on what to consider when building models and systems. Where to Start? It can be very difficult to know where to start making...
E-boost – The Future of Turbochargers
INTRODUCTION Automobile production has increased massively ever since the creation of the first automobile, along with that, cars have become more affordable. The increase in the number of cars on the road has led to higher fuel demand. Instability in some oil-producing regions around the world has caused a...
An ideal Continuously Variable Valve Duration model
Continuously Variable Valve Duration (CVVD) is a method to vary the valve duration of an internal combustion engine. Recently CVVD technology has been implemented by Hyundai in their 1.6 T-GDi engine. This post creates a representation of the system and examines the results of this model. The model The...
Quality Checks for your Libraries
As we draw closer to the biannual release of Dymola, at Claytex we also reach the final stages of the library development. As a long standing Dassault Systemes’ partner and Dymola pre-release tester, we are committed to checking the libraries we supply pass our quality checking processes. Although Claytex...
Optimising Thermal Management Circuits
This blog post theme was motivated by the increasing trend and interest in thermal management of systems, not only of vehicles but buildings and other applications requiring such systems. The ability to thermally manage a system to allow it to reach and maintain ideal operating temperatures is a complex...
Cross-plane or Flat-plane Crankshaft?
One of the most important parts of Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) is the crankshaft. There are different crankshaft configurations according to the type of engine and performance required. With that in mind, this blog post explains the attributes and differences of cross-plane and flat-plane crankshafts for V8 engines using...
A closer look at Inline
This post has a closer look at the different inlining options: Inline, LateInline and InlineAfterIndexReduction as described in the Modelica Specifications in Section 8.3. The post describes how these inlining options differ and gives some extra details about how this inlining has been implemented in Dymola. What is inlining?...
Bump ‘n’ Rub: a look at Daytona 500 bump drafting
It’s early February. Speedweeks are upon us, and the Motorsports community is gearing up for the marquee event on the NASCAR calendar. Heralded as The Great American Race, the Daytona 500 is world famous as a frightening 200 MPH chess match of drafting, tactics and bumping. Drivers look to work together and...
Dymola Setup – Where is it?
In this blog post I look at the Dymola setup settings, how you edit them and where they are stored. There are lots of options available to personalise your Dymola setup; I won’t cover the detail of all the settings here, but by knowing where to edit them and...