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 Subsection 3.13.7: Tied Biphasic Interfaces Up Section 3.13: Contact Section Subsection 3.13.9: Sticky Interfaces 

3.13.8 Tied Multiphasic Interfaces

A tied multiphasic interface is similar to the tied biphasic interface. It may be used for tying any combination of solid, biphasic, multiphasic and rigid materials. It enforces continuity of the effective fluid pressure and effective solute concentrations across the interface when both materials are biphasic or multiphasic. 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
concentration_penalty concentration 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 3.13.7: Tied Biphasic Interfaces Up Section 3.13: Contact Section Subsection 3.13.9: Sticky Interfaces