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Data Element Create Plant State

Ribbon menu → Elements Tab → Data Elements container → Plant State

Build → Controls Toolkit → Plant State

Build → Data Elements → Plant → Plant State → New ...

Interactive Simulation dialog box → Linear States Tool → Right-click Plant State text box

Adams Solver (C++) only. Learn about switching solvers with Solver Settings - Executable dialog box help.

Adams Linear requires a minimum representation of the system to generate the state matrix from which eigenvalues can be computed. For non-stationary systems, the state matrix is a function of the states used to linearize the system. This dialog box lets you to define a set of states that are to be used in the linearization scheme. You can specify as many states as there are degrees-of-freedom. If a smaller set of states are provided, then the system will "fill in" by choosing a set of internally available states for the ones that were not explicitly specified. If too many states are specified, Adams Solver identifies and discards the redundant states.

Plant states are a list of variables. The variables contain expressions that specify the states that are to be used in linearizing the system. Plant state objects are defined in the model. The LINEAR command can instruct Adams Solver to use a specific plant state object for generating the linear model. A model can contain any number of plant state objects. You can use any one of them with the LINEAR command.

■For more information, see the Adams Solver (C++) LINEAR command.

■For theoretical details, see the white paper in Simcompanion Knowledge Base Article KB8016460.

■For an example of using PSTATE, see Simcompanion Knowledge Base Article KB8016414.

For the option:	Do the following:
Plant State Name	Enter the name that you want assigned to the plant state.
Adams Id	Assign a unique ID number to the plant state. See Adams Solver ID.
Comments	Add any comments about the plant state to help you manage and identify it. See Comments.
Variable Name	Enter the list of variables.
Create State Variable for Plant State	Displays the Create State Variable for Plant State dialog box, which allows you to create state variables for use in a plant state object.