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refactor(model): polish the coffee and limits-to-growth samples

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Rename the coffee outflow "heat loss" to "cooling" so the balancing loop
reads more naturally, and stack carrying capacity above the source in
limits to growth so its link to crowding is a clean horizontal hop.
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Julien Calixte
2026-06-20 11:51:49 +02:00
parent 21a459256a
commit 528fc97c7f
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@@ -102,25 +102,20 @@ function savings(): Model {
}
/**
* Coffee cooling — the simplest Balancing loop, plus a Converter. Heat leaves the
* cup faster the hotter it is (Coffee → [+] → heat loss) but slower the warmer
* the room (room temperature → [−] → heat loss). The loop Coffee → heat loss →
* (outflow) → Coffee has one `−` → Balancing: it settles toward room temperature.
* Coffee cooling — the simplest Balancing loop, plus a Converter. The cup cools
* faster the hotter it is (Coffee → [+] → cooling) but slower the warmer the room
* (room temperature → [−] → cooling). The loop Coffee → cooling → (outflow) →
* Coffee has one `−` → Balancing: it settles toward room temperature.
*/
function coffee(): Model {
const coffee = makeStock({ x: -200, y: 0 }, "Coffee")
const sink = makeCloud({ x: 200, y: 0 })
const heatLoss = makeFlow(
midpoint(coffee.position, sink.position),
"heat loss",
coffee.id,
sink.id,
)
const cooling = makeFlow(midpoint(coffee.position, sink.position), "cooling", coffee.id, sink.id)
const room = makeConverter({ x: 0, y: -160 }, "room temperature")
return model(
"Coffee cooling",
[coffee, sink, heatLoss, room],
[link(coffee, heatLoss, "+"), link(room, heatLoss, "-")],
[coffee, sink, cooling, room],
[link(coffee, cooling, "+"), link(room, cooling, "-")],
)
}
@@ -166,10 +161,10 @@ function limitsToGrowth(): Model {
const source = makeCloud({ x: -280, y: 0 })
const yeast = makeStock({ x: 40, y: 0 }, "Yeast")
const growth = makeFlow(midpoint(source.position, yeast.position), "growth", source.id, yeast.id)
// crowding rides above the pipe; carrying capacity sits to its right so the
// `capacity → crowding` link is a short horizontal hop along the top.
// crowding rides above the pipe; carrying capacity stacks above the Source on the
// left, so the `capacity → crowding` link is a clean horizontal hop along the top.
const capacity = makeConverter({ x: -280, y: -160 }, "carrying capacity")
const crowding = makeConverter({ x: -40, y: -160 }, "crowding")
const capacity = makeConverter({ x: 160, y: -160 }, "carrying capacity")
return model(
"Limits to growth",
[source, yeast, growth, crowding, capacity],