Can I use Simscape for a system dynamic model similar to representing a system by differential equations in Simulink?

I am planning to develop a dynamic model of a RO plant and I was planning to use Simscape to help represent the physical relationship between components. I was wondering if i can develop a dynamic model using Simscape similar to using differential equations in Simulink?

[SYED IMTIAZ ALI SHAH]

Since Simulink is the block version of traditional programming, that we normally do in Matlab. You can do pretty much every thing in Simscape

[Hari Krishna Ravuri]

Yes you can develop a dynamic model using simscape similar to using differential equations in simulink.

Answer 1

[J Chen]

There are two ways to use Simscape. 1: use the blocks in the Simscape library. You don't need to write any differential equations. The equations are embedded in the block. 2: use the Simscape language. In the approach, you specify the differential equations using the Simscape language. An example of the second approach is https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/25639-simscape-language-van-der-pol-s-equation