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Declare flow (through) variable, which have to sum up to zero in connections
connector Pin Modelica.Units.SI.Voltage v; flow Modelica.Units.SI.Current i; end Pin; model A Pin p; end A; model Composition A a; A b; A c; equation connect(a.p, b.p); connect(a.p, c.p); end Composition;
From the connect statements in model Composition, the following connect equations are derived:
a.p.v = b.p.v; a.p.v = c.p.v; a.p.i + b.p.i + c.p.i = 0;
See section on type_prefix
in the Modelica Grammar.
The flow prefix is used in order to generate equations for through variables, which sum up to zero in connections, whereas variables without the flow prefix are identical in a connection.