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ISA 5.1 symbol for nozzle
exported equivalent
nozzle
IRI: http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi#Nozzle
Generated on 2026-04-13
Natural Language Definition
EN
A nozzle is a material artifact that has a protruding part with a shaped orifice designed to direct fluid flow into a specific pattern.
PT-BR
Um bocal é um artefato material que possui uma parte protuberante com um orifício moldado projetado para direcionar o fluxo de fluido em um padrão específico.
Formal Axioms
Semi-formal (Aristotelian)
Every nozzle is a material artifact that bears a fluid direction function and has a shaped orifice and protruding part as component parts.
First-Order Logic Theory
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▸ Stored override ∀x(Nozzle(x) ↔ MaterialArtifact(x) ∧ ∃f(FluidDirectionFunction(f) ∧ bearerOf(x,f)) ∧ ∃o(ShapedOrifice(o) ∧ hasComponentPartAtAllTimes(x,o)) ∧ ∃p(ProtrudingPart(p) ∧ hasComponentPartAtAllTimes(x,p)))
OWL 2 / Turtle
@prefix copi: <https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi/> . @prefix : <https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi/> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . @prefix bfo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> . @prefix iof-core: <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/> . @prefix iof-av: <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/annotation/> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . @prefix qudt: <http://qudt.org/schema/qudt/> . @prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . @prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> . @prefix apv: <http://inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/apv#> . ### COPI — Core Ontology for Petroleum Installations ### Class module: Nozzle <https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi> rdf:type owl:Ontology ; dcterms:title "Core Ontology for Petroleum Installations (COPI)"@en ; dcterms:title "Ontologia Core para Instalações de Petróleo (COPI)"@pt-br ; dcterms:description "BFO/IOF-Core conformant ontology of equipment classes for petroleum production plants, developed using the five-step RDL enrichment method."@en ; skos:scopeNote "Material artifacts (bfo:material_entity) that (i) are part of a petroleum production plant, and (ii) bear at least one function whose realization involves the transport (e.g. production and injection), processing (separation and other processes), control, monitoring, measurement, containment or offloading of material or energy."@en ; skos:scopeNote "Artefatos materiais (bfo:material_entity) que (i) fazem parte de uma planta de produção de petróleo, e (ii) possuem ao menos uma função cuja realização envolve o transporte (p. ex. produção e injeção), processamento (separação e outros processos), controle, monitoramento, medição, contenção ou escoamento de material ou energia."@pt-br ; skos:scopeNote "COPI provides high-level equipment categories defined by function to demonstrate the defined-class mechanism. Equipment subtypes are annotated with references to CFIHOS and PCA RDL terms. COPI is not a reference data library; organizations should use CFIHOS, PCA RDL, or ISO 14224 for comprehensive equipment classification."@en ; skos:scopeNote "COPI fornece categorias de alto nível de equipamentos definidas por função para demonstrar o mecanismo de classe definida. Os subtipos de equipamentos são anotados com referências aos termos do CFIHOS e do PCA RDL. COPI não é uma biblioteca de dados de referência; organizações devem utilizar o CFIHOS, o PCA RDL ou a ISO 14224 para classificação abrangente de equipamentos."@pt-br ; owl:versionInfo "1.1.0" ; owl:imports <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/core/Core/> ; owl:imports <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/2020/bfo.owl> ; dcterms:creator "Nicolau Oyhenard dos Santos"@en ; dcterms:contributor "Cauã Antunes" ; dcterms:contributor "Haroldo Rojas" ; dcterms:contributor "Rafael Petry" ; dcterms:contributor "Régis Romeu" ; dcterms:contributor "Mara Abel" ; dcterms:isPartOf <https://inf.ufrgs.br/projetos/OntoKG> ; dcterms:publisher "Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)"@en ; dcterms:license <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/> ; dcterms:created "2026-04-08"^^xsd:date ; dcterms:modified "2026-10-08"^^xsd:date ; apv:GlobalMinLanguageCoverage "en pt-br" ; apv:ClassURIFormationRule "https://www[.]inf[.]ufrgs[.]br/ontologies/copi/(COPI_[0-9]{7}|[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*)" ; apv:ClassMinAnnotationCoverage "rdfs:label https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/annotation/naturalLanguageDefinition" . iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition rdf:type owl:AnnotationProperty ; apv:MinAnnotationLength 20 . ### Identity-giving function :COPI_0000531 rdf:type owl:Class ; # FluidDirectionFunction rdfs:subClassOf iof-core:DesignedFunction ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onProperty bfo:BFO_0000054 ; # realizedIn owl:allValuesFrom :COPI_0000532 # FluidDirectionProcess ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onProperty bfo:BFO_0000054 ; # realizedIn owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000532 # FluidDirectionProcess ] ; rdfs:label "fluid direction function"@en ; rdfs:label "função de direcionamento de fluido"@pt-br . ### Process type :COPI_0000532 rdf:type owl:Class ; # FluidDirectionProcess rdfs:subClassOf :COPI_0000003 ; # MomentumTransfer rdfs:label "fluid direction process"@en ; rdfs:label "processo de direcionamento de fluido"@pt-br . :COPI_0000003 rdf:type owl:Class . # MomentumTransfer :COPI_0000532 # FluidDirectionProcess rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onProperty iof-core:hasInput ; owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000037 # PortionOfFluid ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onProperty iof-core:hasSpecifiedOutput ; owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000037 # PortionOfFluid ] . ### Equipment universal: Nozzle :COPI_0000316 rdf:type owl:Class ; # Nozzle owl:equivalentClass [ rdf:type owl:Class ; owl:intersectionOf ( iof-core:MaterialArtifact [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onProperty iof-core:hasFunction ; # Object branch (MaterialArtifact/Assembly/Object/FiatObjectPart) owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000531 # FluidDirectionFunction ] ) ] ; rdfs:label "nozzle"@en ; rdfs:label "bocal"@pt-br ; iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition "A nozzle is a material artifact that has a protruding part with a shaped orifice designed to direct fluid flow into a specific pattern."@en ; skos:definition "A nozzle is a material artifact that has a protruding part with a shaped orifice designed to direct fluid flow into a specific pattern."@en ; iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition "Um bocal é um artefato material que possui uma parte protuberante com um orifício moldado projetado para direcionar o fluxo de fluido em um padrão específico."@pt-br ; iof-av:semiFormalNaturalLanguageAxiom "Every nozzle is a material artifact that bears a fluid direction function and has a shaped orifice and protruding part as component parts."@en ; iof-av:firstOrderLogicAxiom "∀x(Nozzle(x) ↔ MaterialArtifact(x) ∧ ∃f(FluidDirectionFunction(f) ∧ bearerOf(x,f)) ∧ ∃o(ShapedOrifice(o) ∧ hasComponentPartAtAllTimes(x,o)) ∧ ∃p(ProtrudingPart(p) ∧ hasComponentPartAtAllTimes(x,p)))"@en ; skos:definition "[ISO 15926-4] A <NOZZLE> is an <ARTEFACT> and a <FLUID PORT> and a <CONNECTOR> that is a protruding part through which a stream of fluid is directed"@en ; skos:definition "[CFIHOS] A physical object that has a protruding part through which a stream of fluid is directed."@en ; skos:definition "[DEXPI] A projecting short piece of pipe that is attached to another (hollow) body."@en ; skos:definition "[OnePetro] A shaped orifice for directing fluid flow."@en ; skos:definition "[POSC Caesar] A physical object that has a protruding part through which a stream of fluid is directed."@en . # Disjointness: Nozzle and Valve [] rdf:type owl:AllDisjointClasses ; owl:members ( :COPI_0000316 :COPI_0000077 ) . # Nozzle, Valve
Axiomatization Decision Log
1 Identity-Giving Function
Function class
FluidDirectionFunction ⊑ DesignedFunction
Realized in
FluidDirectionProcess ⊑ MomentumTransfer
The identity-giving function of a nozzle is to direct fluid flow through a shaped orifice. This differs from general fluid transport (pipes) or control (valves) - it specifically shapes and directs the fluid stream.
2 Genus Determination
MaterialArtifact bfo:Object (BFO_0000030)

Monolithic causally unified material artefact. MaterialArtifact ≡ Object ⊓ ∃bearerOf.DesignedFunction.

No appropriate domain-specific superclass exists in the parent candidates or enriched classes. Nozzles are typically simple, monolithic fluid components without removable subparts, making MaterialArtifact the correct BFO root rather than Assembly.
3 Necessary Parts

No necessary parts recorded (concept may be primitive at this level).

These are the minimal structural components that enable the fluid direction function in all nozzle types.
4 Process Participation Signature ⟨I, O, T⟩
Inputs (I)
PortionOfFluid — under pressure from parent body
Outputs (O)
PortionOfFluid — directed flow pattern with shaped discharge
Transformation (T)
kinetic energy conversion - pressure energy converted to directed kinetic energy with specific flow pattern
Nozzles transform pressurized fluid into directed discharge with shaped flow patterns through geometric constraints.
5 Axiom Mode Decision

Necessary + Sufficient — modelled as a defined class (≡, EquivalentClass). Automatic classification is appropriate for this concept.

Disjointness Axioms
Valve
C4: Valve. Different process signatures: valves control flow rate, pipes transport without shaping, fittings connect without flow direction
Cross-Standard Observations
Good consistency across standards. ISO 15926 provides most detail including the CONNECTOR aspect. DEXPI emphasizes attachment to hollow bodies. OnePetro focuses on the shaped orifice aspect. All converge on the fluid direction function.

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