Model checks in Space Systems Thermal
This article outlines methods to verify that a model functions as expected, covering fundamental Space Systems Thermal model checks.
Details
Model checks are a set of verification processes used to ensure the accuracy, quality, and reliability of a simulation model. You will learn:
- Reasons for conducting model checks.
- Common issues and suggestions for units, expressions, materials, thickness, and mesh density.
- Evaluating element quality and orientation.
- Identifying coincident and duplicate nodes.
- Conducting geometry checks.
- Assessing mass properties.
- Inspecting optical properties.
- Verifying thermal couplings.
- Checking radiation enclosures.
- Verifying multi-layer insulation.
- Checking orbits.
- Checking solid motion effects.
- Resolving ID conflicts.
- Reviewing model setup and log files.
- Configuring solution settings, integration time steps in the presence of an orbit, and automatic time step calculation.
- Resolving warnings.
- Analyzing results.
- Best practices.
- Using a thermal coupling report tool.
- Using the TMG Correlation tool for model-to-test/analysis data correlation.
This article also includes model checklist and table of thermal coupling data files.
