This is a module
Core¶
Main classes of OpenPNM¶
This module contains the main classes from which all other major objects (Network, Geometry, Physics, Phase, and Algorithm) derive.
The Base class¶
The Base
class is a dict
that has added methods for indexing the pores
and throats, applying labels, and managing the stored data. All OpenPNM
object inherit from Base
so possess these methods.
Base
objects, Networks, Phases, Algorithms, are assigned to all locations
in the domain. The Subdomain
class is a direct descendent of Base
which has the added ability to be assigned to a subset of the domain. Objects
that inherit from Subdomain
are Geomery and Physics.
Boss objects refer to the Full Domain object it is associated with. For Geomery objects this is the Network, and for Physics objects this is the Phase that was specified during instantiation.
The associations between an object and it’s boss are tracked using labels in
the boss. So a Geometry object named geom1
will put labels ‘pore.geom1’
and ‘throat.geom1’ into the Network dictionary, with True
values indicating
where geom1
applies.
The ModelsMixin class¶
Mixins are a useful feature of Python that allow a few methods to be added to a class that needs them. In OpenPNM, the ability to store and run ‘pore-scale’ models is not needed by some objects (Network, Algorithms), but is essential to Geometry, Physics, and Phase objects.
In addition to these methods, the ModelsMixin
also adds a models
attribute to each object. This is a dictionary that stores the pore-scale
models and their associated parameters. When regenerate_models
is called
the function and all the given parameters are retrieved from this dictionary
and run.
Classes
Contains methods for working with the data in the OpenPNM dict objects |
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Brief explanation of LabelMixin |
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Brief explanation of LegacyMixin |
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This subclassed dictionary is assigned to the |
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This class is meant to be combined by the Base class in multiple inheritence. |
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Brief explanation of ParamMixin |
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This subclass of the Base class provides the ability assign the object to specific locations (pores and throats) in the domain. |