Stress classes

class stresses.StressSeries(periods=[1.0], values=[0.0], from_csv='', title='Stress Series', xlabel='Time', ylabel='Value')

Bases: object

Stress series class defining sress periods and values.

The default StressSeries object has default values periods=[1.0] and values=[0.0]. Stress periods and values are provided in corresponding lists, which can be created manually or loaded from a csv file containig comma-separated period and value pairs, one per line. Exceptions occur if a period is negative or if the number of periods and stresses do not match.

The .plot method displays a timeseries graph of the stress series.

Example csv file with three stress periods:

10,25.6

15.2,38.7

48,-12

Attributes:

periods (float)List of stress period lengths; used if from_csv is

an empty string (units T, default [1.0]).

values (float)List of stress period values, one per stress period;

used if from_csv is an empty string (units consistent, default [0.0]).

from_csv (str)File path of csv file to read stress data from; no

data are read if the string is empty (default ‘’).

property periods

list (float) : List of stress period lengths.

Setter method checks for valid values and triggers an exception if invalid values are specified.

plot(dw=8)

Plot the stress series.

Args:

dw (float) : Width of figure (default 8).

property series

pandas dataframe : stress series dataframe.

property values

list (float) : List of stress period values.

Setter method checks for valid values and triggers an exception if invalid values are specified.