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      <h4 class="refClassification">Gasket Material Properties (SOL 601 only) </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines the material properties for gasket materials. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MATG </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDMEM </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">BEHAV </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLD </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU5 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU6 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU7 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU8 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU9 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLU10 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">YPRS </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EPL </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GPL </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">101 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">350 </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Fields:</div>
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                     <p class="para_td">MID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Material identification number. (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDMEM </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID of MAT1 providing material behavior for the membrane (in-plane) direction. (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">BEHAV </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Behavior type. Currently not used. (Integer) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLD </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Identification number of a TABLES1 entry providing the main loading curve of the gasket (pressure vs. closure). (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TABLUi </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Identification number of a TABLES1 entry providing the unloading curve(s) of the gasket (pressure vs. closure). At least one unloading curve must be specified. Leave fields blank for tables that are not required. See Remark 3. (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">YPRESS </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Initial yield pressure. See Remark 5. (Real &gt;0.0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Tensile modulus (pressure per unit length). (Real &gt; 0.0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Transverse shear modulus (force per unit area). (Real &gt; 0.0) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">MATG can only be used with CHEXA elements with 8 grid points or CPENTA elements with 6 grid points. There should be only one layer of element elements in the direction of the gasket thickness. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">MATG defines the compressive behavior in the thickness direction. The thickness direction is automatically determined by the program as the direction with one element. The in-plane linear behavior is defined by the MAT1 entry referenced by IDMEM. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">All unloading curves must have the same number of points as the elastic portion of the loading curve (i.e., up to the initial yield pressure). The first point must be defined at pressure=0.0 and the last point must coincide with a yield point on the loading curve. Not all yield points require unloading curves. The unloading behavior at intermediate points is interpolated from adjacent curves. See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/17topic_10.html#ref48051');return(false);">Figure 16-</a>. 
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               <p class="para_item">MID, IDMEM, TABLD, TABLU1, YPRS, EPL, and GPL must be specified. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The initial yield stress must match a point on the loading curve of TABLED. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Closure (strain) is defined as the change in gasket thickness divided by the original gasket thickness. </p><a name="ref48051"></a><div class="figure">
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               <div class="title_figure">Figure. Pressure-Closure Relationship for a Gasket Material </div>
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