When an advective mass flux link is created, GoldSim creates several new inputs and outputs on the two linked pathways which subsequently appear in the browser view and interfaces for these pathways.
On the "from" or "outflow" pathway (the pathway from which the medium is flowing):
•GoldSim creates a new output named Medium_to_Path2, where Medium is the name of the flowing medium, and Path2 is the name of the linked pathway (toward which the medium is flowing). For example, if Water was flowing from a pathway named Aquifer to a pathway named Pond, GoldSim would create a new output on the Aquifer pathway called Water_to_Pond. Like all GoldSim outputs, when the output appears in an expression, the name of the element is included prior to the output name (Aquifer.Water_to_Pond). This output represents the mass flux itself, and is a vector by species with dimension of mass/time.
•GoldSim creates a new input named Flow rate. This is the flow rate in the link. It has dimensions of volume/time for fluids and mass/time for solids.
These new items are organized under a "folder" within the browser view of the element called Outflows:
Each outflow has a separate sub-folder.
On the "to" or "inflow" pathway (the pathway to which the fluid is flowing):
•GoldSim creates a new input named Medium_from_Path1, where Medium is the name of the flowing medium, and Path1 is the name of the linked pathway (from which the medium is flowing). For example, if Water was flowing from a pathway named Aquifer to a pathway named Pond, GoldSim would create a new input on the Pond pathway called Water_from_Aquifer. This input represents the mass flux itself, and is a vector by species with dimension of mass/time.
This new item is organized under a "folder" within the browser view of the element called Inflows:
These new items in the browser views of the pathways are useful because they can be used in conjunction with the Link Cursor to create links. For example, rather than editing the flow rate in the link using the editing dialog, you could create a link to Flow rate using the Link Cursor. Similarly, you could link the mass flux output itself into an Expression element, a Sum element or an Extrema element.
Note: If you create multiple
advective fluxes between the same two Cells, GoldSim will append the letter “c”
and a number to the end of the input and output names. For example, if a
second advective flux was added from Cell Aquifer to Cell Pond, the output on the Aquifer Cell would
be named “Water_to_Pondc2” and the input on the Pond Cell would be
“Water_from_Aquiferc2”.
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