Difference between Simscape and Simulink

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Leire Chavarri
Leire Chavarri on 3 Feb 2020
Answered: J Chen on 3 Feb 2020
Hi,
I want to create a model of a district heating substation. Until now I have used simulink for control purposes and found out the existence of simscape.
What is the difference, do you recommend one or another?
Thanks in advance!

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J Chen
J Chen on 3 Feb 2020
Simulink uses block diagram approach. The signal flow is unidirection. Simscape uses physical modeling approach. The signal flow is bi-directional between blocks. Simscape models should have less blocks and easier to understand and maintain if you can use the blocks in the Simscape library to describe your system.

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