Thermal Resistor

Purpose

Thermal resistance of piece of material

Library

Thermal / Components

Description

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This component provides an ideal one-dimensional thermal resistor between its two thermal ports. See section Configuring PLECS for information on how to change the graphical representation of thermal resistors.

Parameters

Thermal resistance

The resistance in \((\mathrm{K}/\mathrm{W})\). All positive and negative values are accepted, including 0 and inf (\(\infty\)). The default is 1.