MATLAB: How to check for Dry Nodes in the Hydraulics Model in Simscape Fluids

Question

As Mentioned in this documentation page for troubleshooting and debugging hydraulics models, dry nodes can be an issue that leads to unexpected results or slow simulation. Is there a systematic way to identify dry nodes in my model?

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2019b/physmod/hydro/ug/running-hydraulic-models.html#bq_607p-1

Answer 1

In R2016b a Model Advisor Check was added to automatically identify dry nodes in models. See details here.

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