class FlangeConnectors "Flange Connectors"
extends Modelica.Icons.Information;
annotation (
DocumentationClass = true,
Documentation(info = "<html>\n<p>\nA flange is described by the connector class\nInterfaces.<strong>Flange_a</strong>\nor Interfaces.<strong>Flange_b</strong>. As already noted, the two connector\nclasses are completely identical. There is only a difference in the icons,\nin order to easier identify a flange variable in a diagram.\nBoth connector classes contain the following variables:\n</p>\n<pre>\n Modelica.SIunits.Angle phi \"Absolute rotation angle of flange\";\n <strong>flow</strong> Modelica.SIunits.Torque tau \"Cut-torque in the flange\";\n</pre>\n<p>\nIf needed, the angular velocity <code>w</code> and the\nangular acceleration <code>a</code> of a flange connector can be\ndetermined by differentiation of the flange angle <code>phi</code>:\n</p>\n<pre>\n w = <strong>der</strong>(phi); a = <strong>der</strong>(w);\n</pre>\n</html>"));
end FlangeConnectors;