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John Lauer adom-fields 0.9.1: electro-thermal pass + estimate, heating transient ec41f4f

adom-fields 0.9.1

  • Electro-thermal coupling. Copper's resistance rises 0.393 %/°C, so a hot neck dissipates more and runs hotter still.
    • Every run: reports the first-order extra Joule heat at the solved temperatures (review.electroThermal), and raises an electro-thermal issue when it is over 10 %.
    • With spec electroThermal: true: a second full pass solves the current and the heat with every copper cell at its solved temperature.
    • On the 20 A ESC: Joule +33 % (the estimate said +34 %), and the peak rise goes from 109 to 119 °C.
  • Heating transients. Spec transient {durationS, steps, powerScale, fromSteady} steps the still-air heat system through time (implicit Euler, on geometric time steps).
    • Heat capacities: copper, FR4 and the solid bodies by material.
    • Results: the board peak and each hot part's rise over time, and each part's time constant to 63 % of its steady rise.
    • Uses: a motor stall at 3× power, a hot-plug surge, how long a part can run before it overheats.
    • On the buck: U1 takes about 2 minutes, L1 about 3.