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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">CAXIFi </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Fluid Element Connections </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines an axisymmetric fluid element that connects i = 2, 3, or 4 fluid points. </p>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Formats: </div>
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                     <p class="para_td">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CAXIF2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDF1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDF2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </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">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CAXIF3 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID </p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">IDF1 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">IDF2 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">IDF3 </p>
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                  <td align="center" bgcolor="gray" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">RHO </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">B </p>
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                  <td align="center" bgcolor="gray" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CAXIF4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EID </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">IDF1 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">IDF2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDF3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDF4 </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">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Example: </div>
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                     <p class="para_td">CAXIF2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">11 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">23 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">25 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0.25E-3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CAXIF3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">105 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">31 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">32 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">33 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">6.47E-3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CAXIF4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">524 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">421 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">425 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">424 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">422 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0.5E-3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2.5+3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Fields:</div>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Field </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Contents </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EID </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Element identification number.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDFi </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Identification numbers of connected GRIDF points.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">RHO </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Fluid density in mass units.  (Real &gt; 0.0 or blank) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">B </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Fluid bulk modulus.  (Real &ge; 0.0 or blank) </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">CAXIFi is allowed only if an AXSLOT entry is also present. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The 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 or B is blank, then the corresponding RHOD and BD fields must be specified on the AXSLOT entry. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Plot elements are generated for these elements.  Because each plot element connects two points, one is generated for the CAXIF2 element, three are generated for the CAXIF3 element, and four plot elements are generated for the CAXIF4 element.  In the last case, the elements connect the pairs of points (1-2), (2-3), (3-4), and (4-1). </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If B = 0.0, the fluid is incompressible. </p>
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