"Updated for 2013. For exam revision and practising exam questions. Covers the three Level 1 External Physics Achievement Standards 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 and one Level 1 External Science Achievement Standard 1.1. Features brief revision notes, examples and questions from 2012 and 2011; earlier years formatted for use in 2013. Answers have A, M and E grades"--From publisher.

The development of mechatronic and multidomain technological systems requires the dynamic behavior to be simulated before detailed CAD geometry is available. This book presents the fundamental concepts of multiphysics modeling with lumped parameters. The approach adopted in this book, based on examples, is to start from the physical concepts, move on to the models and their numerical implementation, and finish with their analysis. With this practical problem-solving approach, the reader will gain a deep understanding of multiphysics modeling of mechatronic or technological systems – mixing mechanical power transmissions, electrical circuits, heat transfer devices and electromechanical or fluid power actuators. Most of the book's examples are made using Modelica platforms, but they can easily be implemented in other 0D/1D multidomain physical system simulation environments such as Amesim, Simulink/Simscape, VHDL-AMS and so on.