GridSim is a power-grid simulator written in C# and .NET: power flow, optimal power flow, contingency and fault studies, frequency and electromagnetic-transient dynamics, state estimation and replay of recorded events.
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GridSim documentation¶
| Folder | What it holds |
|---|---|
manual/ |
The user manual: installing, loading networks, running solves and studies, the apps, the CLI reference. |
technical/ |
The technical reference: the mathematics as implemented, parameters, invariants, file and wire formats, architecture. |
_captures/ |
Worked examples: the exact command lines and outputs the manuals quote, regenerated by tools/docs/capture.ps1. |
validation/ |
Validation evidence: cross-validation against other tools, the solver validation report, GB event reconstructions and studies. |
assurance/ |
Security and assurance notes: risk register, incident response, SBOM and secrets handling, standards mappings. |
developer/ |
Building and running GridSim yourself: the documentation style guide, deployment examples, benchmarks and performance baselines, case libraries, the solve export format. |
reference/ |
The cited public reference documents, checked by reference/MANIFEST.sha256. |
screenshots/ |
Screenshots used by the manuals. |
Public/ |
An optional submodule of public GB grid documents (not downloaded by a normal clone). |
The deterministic maths library is summarised in MATH.md and specified in
technical ch. 38.
The release notes for this build are in RC1.md; the change history is in CHANGELOG.md.