Modelling software eases the learning process
An
Adept Scientific product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jul 8, 2008
MapleSim helps teachers to quickly demonstrate the connection between concepts and the underlying mathematical theory to their students.
Maplesoft has released the pilot version of MapleSim, a multidomain modelling and simulation tool that uses physical modelling techniques.
By generating model equations in symbolic form MapleSim helps teachers to quickly demonstrate the connection between concepts and the underlying mathematical theory to their students.
MapleSim allows users to visually define physical systems using components that are much easier to understand than traditional methods.
Compared to time consuming and error-prone traditional signal-flow blocks this approach can save hours or days.
Students can now spend less time on model entry allowing them to gain a better understanding and deeper insight into the underlying concepts driving the system.
MapleSim allows users to mix physical components with traditional signal-flow blocks making the model diagram look exactly like the real system being modelled.
Multidomain models are easily assembled from pre-built components.
Units management removes potential conversion and consistency errors.
Live design documentation captures the analysis behind the model.
Systems of equations representing the model are automatically generated and complex models are automatically simplified using sophisticated symbolic techniques.
Physical modelling, or physics-based modelling, is the process of modelling the dynamic behaviour of a system mathematically.
Traditionally, this task required significant manual effort to derive equations and manipulate them into a form that could be used by signal-flow simulation tools that employ a block-diagram paradigm.
The block diagrams are more complex, harder to produce and do not resemble the original system representation.
MapleSim users can re-create a system diagram on a screen using compact and intuitive components that represent a physical model, making it easier to build and understand.
MapleSim has more than 500 components from over 10 domains such as electrical, mechanical, control design and thermal organised into easy-to-navigate palettes.
Maple's symbolic computation technology is at the core of MapleSim.
Unlike purely numeric computation symbolic technology can convert a physical system representation directly into mathematical equations.
Models created in this way are very concise and do not rely on iterative numeric routines.
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