MODELING AND SIMULATION OF COMPLEX MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS TO A STEAM-GENERATING SYSTEM .2. NUMERICAL-SIMULATION

An aggregative simulation system that uses the time-slicing method to obtaining the numerical responses of complex mechanical system (CMS) i s described in this paper. This class of system is represented by a fe w procedures: communication, calculation, visualization, linking and s tructure mapping. Some of these procedures have been used to estimate distributed controls of the steam-generating system (SGS). For the cas e in which both calculation and visualization processes are used, thes e control (input) profiles show which element of the SGS is more distu rbed by means of an arrow. To memorize the local disturbance, a calcul ated window has been used in which it is possible to show some numeric al and graphical characteristics of all the elements of a CMS. To comp lete the numerical simulation of a CMS, a general example is worked ou t to show how this simulation system helps to select some operating co nditions of all the elements of SGS.