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 Subsection 3.13.6: Tied Elastic Interfaces Up Section 3.13: Contact Section Subsection 3.13.8: Tied Multiphasic Interfaces 

3.13.7 Tied Biphasic Interfaces

A tied biphasic interface is similar to the tied interface. It may be used for tying any combination of solid, biphasic, and rigid materials. It enforces continuity of the fluid pressure across the interface when both materials are biphasic. The following control parameters need to be defined:
Parameter Description Default
penalty normal penalty scale factor (1) 1.0
pressure_penalty pressure penalty scale factor 1.0
auto_penalty auto-penalty calculation flag (2) 0
update_penalty update auto-penalty calculation flag (2) 0
two_pass two-pass flag (3) 0
laugon augmented Lagrangian flag (4) 0
tolerance aug. Lagrangian convergence tolerance (4) 1.0
gaptol tolerance for gap value (4) 0.0 (off)
symmetric_stiffness symmetric stiffness matrix flag (7) 0
search_tol Projection search tolerance (8) 0.01
search_radius search radius (10) 1.0
 Subsection 3.13.6: Tied Elastic Interfaces Up Section 3.13: Contact Section Subsection 3.13.8: Tied Multiphasic Interfaces