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      <h4 class="refClassification">Geometric Interface &ndash; Curve </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines an interface element along a curve interface between boundaries of multiple subdomains.  Typically, the boundaries will consist of edges of p-shell subdomains but also may consist of p-beam subdomains or edges of p-solid subdomains. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GMINTC </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">PID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Property identification number of a PINTC property entry.  (Integer&gt;0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Boundary identification number of a GMBNDC entry.  (Integer&gt;0) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">All element identification numbers must be unique. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">For the curve interface it is recommended that only two boundaries be specified. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">All of the end points for each boundary IDi should be coincident, and may not refer to the same grid point.  The two end points of a particular boundary may not refer to the same grid, because there would be multiple directions.  The boundaries of each of the subdomains should also be coincident, because no geometrical adjustment is performed. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Connecting curve boundaries of solid p-elements is not recommended because of the possibility of stress singularities. </p><a name="ref58909"></a><div class="figure">
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               <div class="title_figure">Figure. Geometric Interface Element Definition (Exploded View) </div>
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               <p class="para_item">Because of the structure of the interface matrices, the sparse solver (default) should be used for linear statics, and the Lanczos eigensolver should be used for normal modes.  In addition, for normal modes, SYSTEM(166) = 4 should be set for models where the shell normal rotations are parallel on the boundaries. </p>
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