Array of Thermal Nodes Connector

Concatenate arrays of thermal nodes into single array of thermal nodes port

Since R2023a

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Libraries:
Simscape / Battery / Thermal

Description

The Array of Thermal Nodes Connector block concatenates different arrays of thermal nodes into a single array of thermal nodes. This block acts as a mux for the Simscape™ thermal domain by concatenating all input array of nodes into a single array of the specified dimension.

To specify the number of arrays of thermal nodes that you want to concatenate, set the Number of Input Connections parameter. This action enables a number of ports and parameters equal to the value of the Number of Input Connections parameter. This block supports from one to 50 different connections from different battery modules with different ThermalNodes properties.

To specify the number of elements in each connection node, set the Size of concatenate dimension for Node k parameter, where k is an integer in the range [1, Number of Input Connections].

Ports

Conserving

inConnk — Array of thermal nodes k to concatenate

thermal array-of-nodes

Array of thermal nodes k that you want to concatenate, where k is an integer in the range [1, Number of Input Connections]. The number of ports of this type is equal to the value to which you set the Number of Input Connections parameter.

outConn — Concatenated array of thermal nodes

thermal array-of-nodes

Concatenated array of thermal nodes.

Parameters

Number of Input Connections — Number of array of thermal nodes to concatenate

one (default) | two | three | four | ...

Number of array of thermal nodes that you want to concatenate. You can specify any value between one and fifty.

Concatenate dimension — Output dimension along which to concatenate input arrays

2 (default) | positive scalar

Since R2024b

Specify the output dimension along which to concatenate the input arrays:

• 1 — Concatenate inputs vertically. The vertical array concatenation stacks the input arrays on top of each other in the output array.

• 2 — Concatenate inputs horizontally. The horizontal array concatenation places the input arrays side-by-side in the output array.

• 3 or more — Perform multidimensional concatenation on the inputs.

The input arrays must have compatible sizes for concatenation. Vertical concatenation requires the input arrays to have the same number of columns. Horizontal concatenation requires input arrays to have the same number of rows. Multidimensional concatenation requires that all of the dimensions of the input arrays are the same size except for the dimension they are concatenated along.

Size of complementary dimensions — Size of dimensions of all input arrays except concatenate dimension

2 (default) | positive scalar

Since R2024b

Size of the dimensions of all input arrays, except the concatenate dimension.

For example, if the block concatenates one array of thermal nodes with a size of [3,4,5] and another array of thermal nodes with a size of [3,1,5] along the second dimension, you must set this parameter to [3,5], as the second dimension is the concatenate dimension.

Size of concatenate dimension for Node k — Number of elements in connection node k

1 (default)

Number of elements in connection node k, where k is an integer in the range [1, Number of Input Connections]. The number of parameters of this type is equal to the value to which you set the Number of Input Connections parameter.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2023a

R2024b: Concatenate arrays horizontally or multidimensionally

You can now perform horizontal and multidimensional concatenation of arrays of thermal nodes.

To concatenate the inputs horizontally, set the Concatenate dimension parameter to 2. To perform multidimensional concatenation, set the Concatenate dimension parameter to 3 or more. The concatenation requires the input arrays to have all their dimensions of the same size except for the dimension they are concatenated along.