Toolbox for the Modeling and Analysis of Thermodynamic Systems
Click Here for stable release download
For questions, comments, and general support see the T-MATS user's forum.
Introduction
The Toolbox for the Modeling and Analysis of Thermodynamic Systems (T-MATS)
is a Simulink toolbox intended for use in the modeling and simulation of thermodynamic
systems and their controls. T-MATS contains generic thermodynamic and controls
components that may be combined with a variable input iterative solver and optimization
algorithm to create complex systems to meet the needs of a developer. Development of this tool
was completed on behalf of the NASA Aviation Safety Program's Vehicle Systems Safety Technologies
(VSST) project.
Description
The T-MATS software provides a toolbox for the development of thermodynamic
system models; it contains a simulation framework, multi-loop solver techniques, and modular
thermodynamic simulation blocks. While much of the capability in T-MATS is in transient
thermodynamic simulation, the developers' main interests are in aero-thermal applications;
as such, one highlight of the T-MATS software package is the turbomachinery block set. This
set of Simulink blocks gives a developer the tools required to create virtually any steady
state or dynamic turbomachinery simulation, e.g., a gas turbine simulation. In systems where
the control or other related systems are modeled in MATLAB/Simulink, the T-MATS developer has
the ability to create the complete system in a single tool.
T-MATS is written in MATLAB/Simulink (The Mathworks, Inc.), is open source,
and is intended for use by industry, government, and academia. All T-MATS equations
were developed from public sources and all default maps and constants provided in the
T-MATS software package are nonproprietary and available to the public. The software
is released under the Apache V2.0 license agreement.
Getting Started
Stable releases of T-MATS are located under the releases tab. It is encouraged that a user
download the most up to date version using the appropriate software download button (green button).
Installation instructions are detailed in the user's manual which is included within the package.
T-MATS encourages open collaboration and if a user wishes to become a developer the software
may be forked at any time via the main page link.