StockPort_Special

Used to represent a dynamic stock that will set the rate of the connected flow

Information

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The StockPort_Special is typically used for a dynamic stock, e.g., a stock with some kind of internal behavior (e.g., a higher-order delay, a conveyor or an oven). While usually the rate of flow is determined by flow elements, here the real variable data is most often used to signal the value of flow to the flow element, as the rate of flow is determined by the stock - not the flow - in that case.

It has the following connectors:

CONNECTORTYPEDESCRIPTION
data Real

Rate of flow to be observed by connected flow element

rate (flow) Real

Flow that affects the stock

StockPort_Sepcial connectors will only connect to FlowPort_Special connectors.

Acknowledgements

The StockPort_Special connector was used by Peter Junglas as MassPortR for his approach to SystemDynamics modeling [18, Chapter 12] (see here for a SystemDynamics Modelica library published by Peter Junglas) and has been simplified for the Business Simulation library.

See also

FlowPort_Special

Connector Variables (1)

data

Causality: None

Type: Real

Description: Rate of flow to be observed by connected flow element

Flow Variables (1)

rate

Type: Real

Description: Flow that affect the stock

Used in Components (2)

GenericStock_Special

BusinessSimulation.Interfaces.Basics

Generic Stock with internal dynamics

GenericStockInfo_Special

BusinessSimulation.Interfaces.Basics