Wave-scattering formalisms for multiport energetic systems

This paper presents a variant wave-scattering approach for physical system modeling and analysis that adopts duplexed wave signals to quantify the propagation, storage and dissipation of energy localized between and within system elements. This energetic perspective of wave-scattering techniques can exploit the relationship to bond graph methods to complement techniques in multiport modeling and analysis. Examples are presented that illustrate the use of wave-scattering methods for treating distributed-parameter effects, nonlinear effects, and switching effects in system models. Furthermore, the methods presented lay the groundwork for extending network analysis and synthesis methods to multi-energy domain and mixed lumped/distributed-parameter systems.