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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">AEFORCE </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Parametric Force for Aerodynamics </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines a vector of absolute forces (it will <b class="uiTerm">not </b> be scaled by dynamic pressure) associated with a particular control vector. This force vector may be defined on either the aerodynamic mesh (ks-set) or the structural mesh (g-set). The force vector will be used in nonlinear static aeroelastic trim. 
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                     <p class="para_td">AEFORCE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MACH </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SYMXZ </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">UXID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MESH </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">FORCE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">AEFORCE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0.90 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ASYMM </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">101 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">AERO </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">BETA </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MACH </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The Mach number for this force. See Remark 2 (Real &ge; 0.0,  &ne; 1.0). </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SYMXZ, SYMXY </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The symmetry of this force vector. One of SYMM, ASYMM or ANTI (Character). </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">UXID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The identification number of a UXVEC entry that defines the control parameter vector associated with this downwash vector. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MESH </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">One of AERO or STRUCT that declares whether the force vector is defined on the aerodynamic ks-set mesh or the structural g-set mesh. See Remark 3. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">FORCE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The ID of a FORCE/MOMENT set that defines the vector. See Remark 3 (Integer &gt; 0 if MESH=STRUCT). </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DMIK </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The name of a DMIK entry that defines the aerodynamic force vector. See Remark 3 (Character; required if MESH=AERO). </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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               <p class="para_item">AEDW, AEFORCE and AEPRESS are associated with the current AECONFIG. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Mach numbers &gt; 1.0 require that the supersonic aerodynamic option be available. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If the vector is defined on the structure, normal FORCEi and MOMENTi data are used. They will be subject to normal reduction to the solution set. For the AERO mesh option, the DMIK Bulk Data are used. Any forces associated with the permanently SPC&rsquo;d degrees-of-freedom (which are dependent on the type of aerodynamic model being used) will be ignored. </p>
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