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.Position s \"Absolute position of flange\";\n <strong>flow</strong> Modelica.SIunits.Force f \"Cut-force in the flange\";\n</pre>\n<p>\nIf needed, the velocity <code>v</code> and the\nacceleration <code>a</code> of a flange connector can be\ndetermined by differentiation of the flange position <code>s</code>:\n</p>\n<pre>\n v = <strong>der</strong>(s); a = <strong>der</strong>(v);\n</pre>\n</html>"));
end FlangeConnectors;