Add new solver and options for torque tube as a spring

.github/workflows/test_pvade.yaml

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: PYTHONPATH=. pytest -sv pvade/tests/
       - name: test all inputs
+        env:
+          OMPI_MCA_regx: "naive"
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: pytest -sv  test_all_inputs.py 
 

input/duramat_case_study.yaml

@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ pv_array:
   elevation: 2.1
   tracker_angle: 0.0
   span_fixation_pts: [13.2]
+  torque_tube_separation: 0.2 # gap between panel and tube center
+  torque_tube_outer_radius: 0.1 # radius of the torque tube
+  torque_tube_inner_radius: 0.09 # radius of the torque tube
+  modules_per_span: 10
+  fixed_location: 5   # fixed location of the panel along the span (from 0 (fixed at left) to modules_per_span (fixed at right))
+  block_chord_div_by_panel_chord: 0.02
+
 solver:
   dt: 0.01
   t_final: 20.0
@@ -58,4 +65,7 @@ structure:
   bc_list: []
   motor_connection: true
   tube_connection: true
-  beta_relaxation: 0.5
+  beta_relaxation: 0.5
+  elasticity_modulus_tube: 2.0e+11
+  poissons_ratio_tube: 0.3
+  rho_tube: 7800.0

pvade/IO/input_schema.yaml

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ properties:
         minimum: 0.0
         maximum: 10.0
         type: "number"
-        description: "The vertical distance between the center of the panel and the ground."
+        description: "The vertical distance between the center of the torque tube and the ground."
         units: "meter"
       stream_spacing:
         default: 7.0
@@ -198,6 +198,39 @@ properties:
         be unrolled such that tracking_angle_0 is applied to the panel at (x_min, y_min), tracking_angle_1 is applied to the panel at
         (x_min + x_spacing, y_min), etc., i.e., x-major direction. If argument is a single value, that tracking angle will be applied to the every panel."
         units: "degree"
+      torque_tube_separation:
+        default: 0.0
+        minimum: 0.0
+        maximum: 1.0
+        type: "number"
+        description: "The distance between the bottom of the panel structure and the centerline of the torque tube, in meters."
+      torque_tube_outer_radius:
+        default: 0.0
+        minimum: 0.0
+        maximum: 1.0
+        type: "number"
+        description: "The radius of the torque tube, in meters."
+      torque_tube_inner_radius:
+        default: 0.0
+        minimum: 0.0
+        maximum: 1.0
+        type: "number"
+        description: "The radius of the torque tube, in meters."
+      modules_per_span:
+        default: 1
+        minimum: 1
+        type: "integer"
+        description: "The number of modules/panels per every panel_span distance. This can be thought of as the number of modules/panels per each table, counted in the spanwise direction only (i.e., 2-in-portait systems should report only the number in the spanwise direction, vs 2x that value)."
+      fixed_location:
+        default: 5
+        type: "integer"
+        description: "If an integer between 0 and modules_per_span, indicates the fixed location"
+      block_chord_div_by_panel_chord:
+        default: 0.1
+        minimum: 0.01
+        type: "number"
+        description: "block length or width divided by panel chord"
+
   solver:
     additionalProperties: false
     type: "object"
@@ -648,6 +681,27 @@ properties:
         type: "number"
         description: "poissons ratio of the panel structure."
         units: "None"
+      elasticity_modulus_tube:
+        default: 200.0e+9
+        minimum: 1.0e+2
+        maximum: 500.0e+9
+        type: "number"
+        description: "The effective Young's modulus of the torque tube."
+        units: "Pascal"  
+      poissons_ratio_tube: 
+        default: 0.3
+        minimum: 0.1
+        maximum: 0.9
+        type: "number"
+        description: "poissons ratio of the torque tube."
+        units: "None"
+      rho_tube:
+        default: 1.0
+        # minimum: 0.001
+        # maximum: 1000.0
+        type: "number"
+        description: "The density of the structure."
+        units: "kg/meter^3"
       body_force_x: 
         default:  100
         type: "number"