Monday, July 7 | 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Organized by Computational Heat Transfer (K20) Technical Committee
Modeling and Simulation of Heat Transfer and Thermofluidic Systems with Simscape Fluids
Presenters:
- Andrew Greff (Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks)
- Mehdi Vahab (Manager for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, MathWorks)
Join us for a hands-on session for computational modeling and simulation of heat transfer and thermofluidic systems. By the end of this workshop, you will have the working experience of creating such systems in Simscape Fluids and using them for engineering design and implementation. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops to the session. A workshop license for MathWorks products will be shared with attendees before the conference.
Session 1 (1.5 hours): Fundamentals & Basic Simulations
- Introduction to Simulink and Simscape Fluids
- Example I: Modeling heat transfer through solid geometries
- Example II: Thermal exchange in piping systems
Session 2 (1.5 hours): Applied Systems & Advanced Features
- Example III: Heat exchanger modeling
- Parametrizing a simple heat exchanger based on fluid properties and geometry
- Understanding initial conditions
- Example IV: EV battery cooling system design
- Challenges in thermal management for electric vehicles
- Simulation of cooling strategies to maintain optimal battery temperature
- Walkthrough EV Battery Cooling System Design demo
- Advanced Simscape Fluids features
- Matching heat exchangers with performance data
- Simulating complex geometries and varying operating conditions
- Importing REFPROP fluids
- Real-world applications and Q&A session
Presenter Biographies
Andrew Greff is a senior application engineer at MathWorks. He specializes in physical modeling using Simscape and focuses on thermal, fluid, and multibody systems. Before joining MathWorks, Andrew worked for GM and Stellantis developing advanced hardware and controls for engines. He obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama.
Mehdi Vahab is the Academic Manager for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at MathWorks. He specializes in physical and computational modeling for fluid and thermal systems. Before MathWorks, he developed numerical methods for multiphase systems and phase-change dynamics, applied to problems like heat transfer in pool boiling, hypersonic vehicle thermal management, and snow melting in open waters. At MathWorks, he assists researchers, faculty, and students by finding better solutions for their research and teaching challenges.