MATLAB & Simulink

PHYSICAL MODELING

Modeling Physical Systems with Simscape

​Course Highlight

This one-day course focuses on modeling systems in several physical domains and combine them into a multidomain system in the Simulink® environment using Simscape™. 

Topics include:

• Creating models in various physical domains, such as electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic

• Interpreting Simscape diagrams

• Combining Simulink models and Simscape models

• Modeling energy transfer between different physical domains

• Creating user-defined Simscape components

Who Should Attend

Engineers who wish to implement physical modeling using Simscape Software in the SIMULINK environment. 
 

Techsource Systems is
Mathworks Sole and Authorised Distributor and Training Partner

Course Prerequisite

MATLAB Fundamentals, Simulink for System and Algorithm Modeling. 

Course Benefits

Upon the completion of the course, the participants will be able to

- create physical models with Simscape blocks using the physical network approach - measure and actuate physical quantities within a Simscape diagram

- create multidomain models

- create custom Simscape component using Simscape language 

Course Outline

Day 1 of 1

Introduction to Simscape and the Physical Network Approach

Objective: Become familiar with the Simscape environment by modeling a simple electrical system.

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• Introduction to Simscape

• Differences between Simulink and Simscape

• Building and simulating a model in Simscape

• Guidelines for Simscape modeling

Working with Simscape Components

Objective: Interpret Simscape block diagrams and identify the physical variables in Simscape by modeling a mechanical system.

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• Describing Simscape component fundamentals

• Using the Simscape Foundation Library

• Setting initial conditions

• Logging physical variables

Connecting Physical Domains

Objective: Connect models from different physical domains to create a single, multidomain model.

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• Creating multidomain physical components

• Modeling ideal and nonideal connections between physical domains

• Dividing components into subsystems

• Parameterizing models

Combining Simscape Models and Simulink Models

Objective: Add Simulink blocks to a Simscape model to increase modeling flexibility.

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• Connecting physical signals and Simulink signals

• Performing operations on physical signals

• Controlling physical models

• Solving models with Simscape and Simulink blocks

Creating Custom Components with the Simscape Language

Objective: Leverage the Simscape language to create custom physical components in Simscape.

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• Simscape language

• Custom component workflow

• Complete custom component example