Physical modeling of daily electric appliances for education by Modelica

Abstract

Modelica is very useful to make physical models in various engineering fields such as mechanical, electrical, thermal, fluid systems, etc. This capability of Modelica is also useful to educate students and engineers about many physical areas using simulation. The authors are posting serialized articles in a technical magazine about physical modeling of daily electric appliances by Modelica to educate readers about both physics and Modelica language in Japan. This paper introduces some examples of physical modeling of various appliances such as electric minicar, dryer and speaker by Modelica.