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OutflowDynamicStock can be used to model the outflow from a stock with inherent dynamic behavior (e.g., a conveyor or a higher-order delay). In these cases, the stock will set the flow and "signal" it via its →StockPort_Special.
Since neither negative outflows (after all, this is a unidirectional flow) nor preventing an outflow by "stock control" (e.g., the receiving stock at portB has stopInflow = true) are compatible with this flow element, the following assert conditions will have breaches of these conditions cause errors that will stop the simulation:
assert(portA.rate >= 0, "Rate of outflow must never be negative");
assert(not portB.stopInflow, "There must not be capacity restrictions (stopInflow) for the stock at portB");
OutflowDynamicStock flow will not observe the stopInflow flag of a stock connected to the B-side port. This means that the receiving stock must have sufficient capacity for the matter flowing out and capacity restrictions have to be imposed by an explicit control structure.SplitOutflowDynamicStock should be used.SplitOutflowDynamicStock can be used with some fraction of the outflow being directed into a →Cloud.