Modelica by Example
Modelica by Example is a book by Dr. Michael M. Tiller, included with the System Modeler documentation.
Front Matter »
Introduction »
What Modelica is and why one should use it
Basic Equations »
Describing basic behavior using equations
Discrete Behavior »
Modeling discrete changes taking place at events
Vectors and Arrays »
Using vectors and arrays for concise descriptions of state-space models
Functions »
How to create user-defined functions
Packages »
Demonstrating how packages can be used for organized storage of models
Connectors »
The key to exchange of information between models
Components »
Making reusable models to be used as components of other models
Subsystems »
A pattern emerges for how to make reusable subsystem models
Architectures »
Pre-connected subsystem models offer reusability at the highest level