Simul-Therm: A MATLAB/Simulink Blockset of Thermal Modelling and Simulation for Engineering Education.

In this work, an intuitive computer-based system to model and simulate heat transfers is presented. This software application can be used for processes with unidirectional and multidirectional heat exchanges and it permits the user to model and simulate them quickly and with a reduced computing load. This is possible thanks to a simple generic model library or blockset implemented in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. The models included in this library can be easily linked in order to build holistic structures. In addition, the dimensions and features of the objects modelled can be simply defined The simulations run by means of this library are fast and they do not need a wide range of computer resources in comparison to those based on discrete finite element models (FEM). Thanks to all these characteristics, this blockset can be considered a useful tool to didactic purposes and to multi-physic simulation applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]