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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">PVAL </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">p-Version Element Polynomial Order Distribution </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Describes polynomial order distribution and is selected by the ADAPT Bulk Data entry. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PVAL </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">POLY1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">POLY2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">POLY3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SETTYP </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PVAL </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">127 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Contents </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Type </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID selected in ADAPT Bulk Data entry. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Coordinate system used to specify polynomial values in different directions.  See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/18topic_61.html#refWLLFj305lori');return(false);">98-1. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/18topic_61.html#ref29285');return(false);">98-2. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">POLYi </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Polynomial order in 1, 2, 3 directionsof the CID system. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/18topic_61.html#refWfLFj22lori');return(false);">98-3. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SETTYP </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Type of set provided (SET or ELID).  See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/18topic_61.html#ref35658');return(false);">98-6. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Character </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&ldquo;SET&rdquo; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SET ID or Element ID with these p value specifications. See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/18topic_61.html#ref35658');return(false);">98-6. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
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            <li><a name="refWLLFj305lori"></a><p class="para_item"> CID facilitates the specification of the p-order in curvilinear systems.  For example, when modeling a thin cylinder, the user can restrict the p-order through the thickness of all elements to be 2 or 3 without specifically checking the connectivity of each element. </p>
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            <li><a name="ref29285"></a><p class="para_item">If the CID system is blank, the element&rsquo;s topology is used to establish the 1, 2, 3 directions.  The 1 direction is from the first to the second grid of the element, the 2 direction is from the first to the fourth, and, the 3 direction is from the first to the fifth.  If CID is not blank then the following algorithm will be used to determine the p-order of each edge:  a vector will be defined in the CID system from the first to the second grid of every edge.  (Curvilinear systems are evaluated at the mid point of this vector).  The p-level of each edge is now determined by the nearest integer to: </p>
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               <p class="para_item">where (<em>n</em><sub class="subscript">1</sub>, <em>n</em><sub class="subscript">2</sub>, <em>n</em><sub class="subscript">3</sub>) are the components of this unit vector in the CID system. 
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            <li><a name="refWfLFj22lori"></a><p class="para_item">For accuracy and efficiency the recommended minimum p-order is 3.  The default value for POLY2 and POLY3 is POLY1. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Each finite element has to have a unique PVAL for PSTRTID, PMINID, PMAXID.  Any overlap of the PVAL specification will result in a warning message and the use of the PVAL with the highest <em>p<sub class="subscript">i</sub></em> entry. 
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               <p class="para_item">The intermediate PVAL entries generated will have an identification number starting with ADGEN. </p>
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            <li><a name="ref35658"></a><p class="para_item">Whenever SETTYP = &ldquo;SET&rdquo;, a SET command must be defined under the SETS DEFINITION command in the Case Control Section. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">SET = 999999 is a reserved set that includes all elements. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If there are more than one PVAL entries for a given element, then </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">If CID on the PVALs are the same, the entry with the maximum POLYi will be used. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">If CID on the PVALs are different, a fatal message is issued. </p>
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