Hydrosystem with two tanks connected one after another

[pavwell]

Hello ! Could anyone help me with creating EJS aplication of Hydrosystem with two tanks connected one after another ?
Thanks a lot !!

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

Please describe the whole system in detail!
If I can not understand the system and the physics model involved, there is no way I can create a simulation.

[pavwell]

I will send you email where i subcribe my problem.

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

The information received :





You did provide me information about:


However, you did not provide range for and maximum height for both tank.

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[pavwell]

Thanks a lot for these solution.

[pavwell]

Please, if it possible, could you modify this project to change open loop system to close loop system with simple PID controller ?
And one more task is possible modify system to turn off automaticly inflow when liquid levels of tank1 and tank 2 get maximum range ?
Maximum range both of tanks set to 0,14

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

Please explain in detail what it mean to be a close loop with simple PID controller?
It will be easier for me to design the simulation if you can provide me detail information as possible.
You can add picture as attached file.

I will try to modify it when I have more information.

[pavwell]

I will send you more informations about PID controller.

Please, could you modify system as I write in next two tasks ??

1.is possible modify system to turn off automaticly inflow when liquid levels of tank1 and tank 2 get maximum range ?
2.Please set maximum range both of tanks set to 0,14 and please, reconfigure range of visualization to better see line of h1 . it is too high

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

I can modify it according to your request.
However, you never give me information about the height , and q1 for the system.
The default value are the best I can guest.
It will  be better if you give me detail information about your system.
Height and range of possible q1 values.

[pavwell]

O.k. I try to discribe Controlled close loop system . I set in input value box some value of level h2 and by heigh of level h2 I can control value of inflow. h2 is in feedback to inflow. Is this clearle to you ?

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

I do not understand what you just described???

2.Please set maximum range both of tanks set to 0,14 and please, reconfigure range of visualization to better see line of h1 . it is too high

You said that h1 is too high. Would you please provide a suitable value for h1?
And please provide me a suitable value for maximum height!

[pavwell]

Meaning too high i think not value of h1 but value of plot window where is shown h1. This plot window i would like to see larger

And please, set the maximum value of h1 on 0,14 and maximum of h2 also on 0,14.

Just another question for you..Do you have any experience with cooperating EJS and MATLAB ??

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

Meaning too high i think not value of h1 but value of plot window where is shown h1. This plot window i would like to see larger Smiley

I did not changed it because I do not know how much larger you need.
I can not guest what you want in your mind.  Please describe it in detail.
However, I did change the way it was displayed (scale).

And please, set the maximum value of h1 on 0,14 and maximum of h2 also on 0,14.

I just modified the code so that q1 will be turn off when h1>0.140
And q1 will be tuen on when h1

Just another question for you..Do you have any experience with cooperating EJS and MATLAB ??

I do not have MATLAB so I have never use that feature.
However, it is only available for EJS version 3.47 or earlier.
I have heard that some users from swissland did use MATLAB with EJS for their research work.

[pavwell]

Thanks for your very good work Dont have by the way any contact on swissland studnets ??

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

Sorry! I do not know.
You might want to check out http://www.um.es/fem/Download/Ejs/EjsAndMatlab.pdf

[pavwell]

Hello
Please, I have big appeal on you. If it possible, could you write this hydro system in EJS version 3.4 especialy for me But I need one version of system at EJS able to communicate with MATLAB. And as you wrote to me, EJS 4.2 have not this option.
THANKS A LOT !!!

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

Because you have to write code to connect to MATLAB with EJS.
So you need to learn to use EJS.

I would suggest you install latest version of EJS, download the above jar file and double click to run it in your computer.
Right click and select open ejs model to open EJS and learn how it was created.
And you can do similar thing with EJS 3.4 or earlier EJS version (which support MATHLAB).

I do not have any experience with EJS connect to MATHLAB, so you should learn EJS in order to do it.
And you can use the version I created as an example to learn it.
I will try to help when you learn to use EJS. But I would not be able to help when EJS need to communicate with MATHLAB. So you better learn to create it with EJS 3.4 by yourself. I think this is the best for you to do it by yourself. 

[pavwell]

Of course I tried do this yesterday, but for i have problem with creating both of tanks and inflow at EJS old version. I have EJS 4.2 as new version and EJS 3.4 as old version. And i tried to do this yesterday at EJS 3.4. But in this version is not options like in 4.2 version for building polygon and other model parts Therefore i appeal you for help. Ploting is o.k. This part of project I built in old version without problems. But with creating tanks i have problem

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

I do not have EJS 3.4 but I do have EJS3.45
The latest version which support mathlab/simulink is EJS 3.47

The tank created in the above simulations was using polygon element.
The height h1/h2 was change by changing y coordinate for 4 points belongs to polygon.
You should be able to do it with EJS 3.45 and above.

[pavwell]

...EJS 3.45 is also o.k could you make in this version thank you so much !!!

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

I think you should learn how to use it if you really want to connect to MathLAB.
Please upload what you have done with EJS (xml file) and I will try to help you.

[pavwell]

O.K. I will upload my xml file couple of hours later because now I am at work and on this project i work at home.

[pavwell]

Hello...I found simple example on PI controller of level tank...I attach you a xml file..If it possible just like that use it for my model , please add similiar PI controller to my model..Thanks !

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

 You did a nice job with the EJS view. I am impressed.
 I move two tab pages in evolution to constrain page.

Normally, we only put relations which will changed with time in evolution page.
like the rate equation. And the solver will use suitable to calculate the best value for next time step.
I also change the solver from midpoint method to Runge-Kutta 4th order method.
You should use this one for most of the simulation. Midpoint method is only good for constant acceleration or similar relations. It is not good for other cases (numerical error will accumulate).

I also change code so that the "play" button will toggle between "play" and "pause".

You sould be albe to create a two level system from this one.

Add one more equation in evolution page and rearrange GUI elements to model two level tanks!
Good job! Keep going! 

[pavwell]

No no This is not my job...I found this model at directory _examples in EJS install directory...I am not good enough in EJS I am very beginer...So could you change your two tanks model by this one tank model, please Thanks a lot !! 

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

I can do it easily. However, I am not going to do it. Because it should be your job. (It is not my job).

If you are a beginer, then you should try to do it by yourself. And I will try to help.
I will feel sorry if I did the homework for you.

Adding a view element is not difficult. Just select an element(click it) from right hand side element list,
then click it inside the drawingPanel. Then assign proper value to it's property (coordinate...etc)
Please check out EJS tutorial (How to create simulation with EJS) (there are step by step examples).
or check out SWF movie show step by step instructions to create java simulation with EJS.

I will try to help if you try to lean to use it. Otherwise, there is no way you can learn to use it to communicate with MATHLAB. If you learn to do it by yourself, then you can do it for other problems, too! That is the way student learn and gain ability. I should not do all the work for you.

Do you feel if fair, if I did all the work for your classmate and he get better grade because someone did all the homework for him? (Actually, for long time effect, the classmate will be loss in the job market, because he did not learn the require ability).

I promise to help if you try to learn it. However, I should not do all the work for you. otherwise, you would learn nothing.

Try to modified from the above examples and you will find it is not really so difficult as you thought.
If you do find problem, write it down and attached the xml file and I will try to help.
This is the best I can do! O.K!

[pavwell]

Thanks a lot !!!! I will try Have a nice day

[pavwell]

I attach my xml file which I created at EJS 3.47. Please check it because it is not exactly as in your model created at EJS 4.2. I dont know how set to fill tank with blue color and another options. Thanks.

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

Those two polygons did not show up because you did not set "number of points"
It was different from current, which you need to set it.
The current version use all the number of elements from x,y array.

I also remove marker property, unless you really want those markers.
Please check out the version I have moified.

[maxxb]

Hi,
I am a french student and I think I am doing the same project as you. But I am blocked I don't how to link the view and the equations... Could you help me please ?
Here is my work...