Patent ID: 11947884
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving selection of a fluid model from a library of fluid models, wherein the fluid model defines first fluid simulation properties for a first fluid represented by the fluid model;
assigning, based on fluid modeling input data, the fluid model to a selected element of a three-dimensional mechanical model of an industrial automation system;
in response to the assigning:
creating a first fluid object that logically represents the first fluid within the selected element;

transforming, based on the first fluid object, the mechanical model from a static mechanical representation to a digital twin of the industrial automation system capable of simulating behavior of the industrial automation system under control of an industrial control program; and
simulating, based on the digital twin, operation of the industrial automation system under the control of the industrial control program, wherein the simulating comprises simulating behaviors and properties of the first fluid in accordance with the first fluid simulation properties.