elements.catalog.mass_flow_outlet

elements.catalog.mass_flow_outlet(mdot, name='outlet', perturbation_bc=None)

Prescribed-mass-flow outlet: the outflow rate is pinned to mdot.

The static pressure floats (it is whatever the interior produces); useful for a metered exhaust or as the mean-flow partner of a downstream choked throat whose critical mass flow is known.

This is an outflow-only boundary: mdot must be positive (positive means leaving the domain per element definition).

Parameters

Name Type Description Default
mdot float Prescribed outflow mass rate [kg/s] (must be > 0, leaving the domain). required
name str Element label. 'outlet'
perturbation_bc PerturbationBC Acoustic termination; None inherits mdot' = 0 from this row. None
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