Solid Properties

Typical values for thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, and the density for common solid materials

 Description Tip: In the model workspace, place this component at the same level as the Heat Transfer Library components or subsystem to which you want to assign properties. For example, if you place this component at the top level of the model, the properties will apply to all of the Heat Transfer Library components and subsystems in your model. If you place this component within a subsystem, the properties defined in the component will apply to the Heat Transfer Library components in that subsystem only and all nested subsystems. You can change the name of the material from the default name of SolidPropertyData to an arbitrary material name. User Defined and Material named property components are constant values. But you can also define temperature dependent material properties by using User Define Temp.

Parameters

 Symbol Default Units Description Modelica ID $k$ $-$ $\frac{W}{m\cdot K}$ Thermal conductivity of the material k $\mathrm{cp}$ $-$ $\frac{J}{\mathrm{kg}\cdot K}$ Specific heat capacity of the material cp $\mathrm{rho}$ $-$ $\frac{\mathrm{kg}}{{m}^{3}}$ Density of the material rho

Parameters for User Defined Temp (Optional)

(For more details about data source options, see Time Table  help).

To change the dimensions of each table, right-click (Control-click for Mac®) the parameter field and select Edit Matrix Dimensions.
In the Matrix Dimensions dialog, enter values for the number or rows and columns and then click OK.

 Symbol Default Units Description Modelica ID $k$ $\mathrm{DMS_k}$ $\mathrm{inline}$ $-$ Select data source options;  file: the data from saved in an Excel or a CSV file  inline: enter the data table in the table parameter as matrix  attachment: the data from attached to the MapleSim model DMS_k $\mathrm{table_k}$ If DMS_k = inline; Input table of [1]: Temperature and [2]: Thermal conductivity of the material table_k $\mathrm{data_k}$ $-$ If DMS_k = file or attachment;; Specify New Attachment data file or attached file about k table_k $\mathrm{columns_k}$ $\left[2\right]$ $-$ Data columns used columns_k $\mathrm{skiprows_k}$ $0$ $-$ Number of header rows to skip skiprows_k $\mathrm{smoothness_k}$ $-$ $-$ Select interpolation type from the list smoothness_k $\mathrm{cp}$ $\mathrm{DMS_cp}$ $\mathrm{inline}$ $-$ Select data source options;  file: the data from saved in an Excel or a CSV file  inline: enter the data table in the table parameter as matrix  attachment: the data from attached to the MapleSim model DMS_cp $\mathrm{table_cp}$ If DMS_cp = inline; Input table of [1]: Temperature and [2]: Specific heat capacity of the material table_cp $\mathrm{data_cp}$ $-$ If DMS_cp = file or attachment;; Specify New Attachment data file or attached file about cp table_cp $\mathrm{columns_cp}$ $\left[2\right]$ $-$ Data columns used columns_cp $\mathrm{skiprows_cp}$ $0$ $-$ Number of header rows to skip skiprows_cp $\mathrm{smoothness_cp}$ $-$ $-$ Select interpolation type from  the list smoothness_cp $\mathrm{rho}$ $\mathrm{DMS_rho}$ $\mathrm{inline}$ $-$ Select data source options;  file: the data from saved in an Excel or a CSV file  inline: enter the data table in the table parameter as matrix  attachment: the data from attached to the MapleSim model DMS_rho $\mathrm{table_rho}$ If DMS_rho = inline; Input table of [1]: Temperature and [2]: Density of the material table_rho $\mathrm{data_rho}$ $-$ If DMS_rho = file or attachment;; Specify New Attachment data file or attached file about rho table_rho $\mathrm{columns_rho}$ $\left[2\right]$ $-$ Data columns used columns_rho $\mathrm{skiprows_rho}$ $0$ $-$ Number of header rows to skip skiprows_rho $\mathrm{smoothness_rho}$ $-$ $-$ Select interpolation type from the list smoothness_rho

Data

 Material $\mathbit{k}$ $\mathbit{cp}$ $\mathbit{rho}$ Aluminum 205 910 2700 Asphalt 0.75 920 2360 Brass 109 375 8480 Bronze 110 370 8830 Carbon Steel 43 490 7807 Cast Iron 58 460 7200 Copper 401 390 8940 Gold 310 130 19320 Iron 80 450 7850 Lead 35 130 11340 Paper 0.05 1336 900 Silicon 84 710 2330 Silver 429 230 10500 Stainless Steel 16 510 7750 Steel 63 490 7850 Titanium 22 523 4500 User Defined 1 1 1 User Defined Temp [0 1] [0 1] [0 1]