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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">GMINTS </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Geometric Interface &ndash; Surface </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines an interface element along a surface interface between boundaries of multiple subdomains.  Typically, the boundaries will consist of faces of p-solid subdomains, but also may consist of p-shell subdomains. </p>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Format: </div>
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                     <p class="para_th">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GMINTS </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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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">ID1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID4 </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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      <div class="title_refCategory">Example: </div>
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                     <p class="para_td">GMINTS </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1001 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">1 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2 </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">&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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            <colgroup span="1">
               <col span="1" width="14.64*">
               <col span="1" width="49.34*">
               <col span="1" width="17.70*">
               <col span="1" width="18.32*">
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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_th"><b class="uiTerm">Type </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Default </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. </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">PID </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Property identification number. </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDi </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Boundary IDi of subdomain </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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               <p class="para_item">All EIDs must be unique. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The PID refers to a PINTS Bulk Data entry. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The boundary IDi of each subdomain must be defined on a GMBNDS Bulk Data entry. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">For the surface interface, more than two boundaries are possible, but should be used carefully. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The perimeters of each boundary i should be coincident.  In addition, the boundaries of each of the subdomains should also be coincident, because no geometrical adjustment is performed. </p><a name="ref69045"></a><div class="figure">
                  <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-fig14.gif"></p>
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               <div class="title_figure">Figure. Geometric Interface Element Definition (Exploded View) </div>
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