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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">CSLOT4 </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Four Point Slot Element Connection </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines an element connecting four points that solves the wave equation in two dimensions. Used in acoustic cavity analysis for the definition of evenly spaced radial slots. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CSLOT4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDS1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDS4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">RHO </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">B </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CSLOT4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">101 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">6.2+4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Element identification number.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDSi </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Identification number of connected GRIDS points.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Fluid density in mass units.  (Real &gt; 0.0; Default is the value of RHOD on the AXSLOT entry.) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">B </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Fluid bulk modulus.  (Real &ge; 0.0; Default is the value of BD on the AXSLOT entry.) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">M </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Number of slots in circumferential direction.  (Integer &ge; 0; Default is the value of MD on the AXSLOT entry.) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">This entry is allowed only if an AXSLOT entry is also present. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">This element identification number (EID) must be unique with respect to all other fluid or structural elements. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If RHO, B, or M are blank, then the RHOD, BD, or MD fields on the AXSLOT entry must be specified. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">This element generates four plot elements connecting points IDS1 to IDS2, IDS2 to IDS3, IDS3 to IDS4, and IDS4 to IDS1. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If B = 0.0, then the slot is considered to be an incompressible fluid. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If M = 0, then no matrices for CSLOT4 elements are generated. </p>
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