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Example transition matrix file
Version: 1Name: Test Seam Weld$Date$Number of sheets: 3 Angle sheet 1: 0Angle sheet 2: 80Angle sheet 3: 180Thickness sheet 1: 5Thickness sheet 2: 5Thickness sheet 3: 5 Force available for sheet 1: YesForce available for sheet 2: YesForce available for sheet 3: Yes Number of notches: 3Radius of notch 1: 1.000000Radius of notch 2: 1.000000Radius of notch 3: 1.000000 Number of 2D stress tensors in notch 1: 2Number of 2D stress tensors in notch 2: 1Number of 2D stress tensors in notch 3: 3 0.338293 3.93437 -4.2625e-006 -0.702066 -2.06696 -0.224205 3.8375e-006 0.400372 0.200169 1.85988 4.25e-007 0.301694 0.0948559 1.10158 -2.3125e-005 -0.196576 -0.578723 -0.0625018 1.575e-005 0.112101 0.0559141 0.520796 7.375e-006 0.0844757 2.45999e-005 -0.00022026 0.901667 3.44687e-005 0.000114786 3.55764e-005 -0.582721 -2.14156e-005 9.49632e-006 -0.00010104 -0.318946 -1.30531e-005 0.563004 5.55899 -3.80833e-006 -0.909472 -2.88876 -0.233886 2.16667e-006 0.496913 0.291709 2.67351 1.64167e-006 0.412559 0.157653 1.55666 -2.90417e-005 -0.254653 -0.808743 -0.0654452 1.32083e-005 0.139139 0.0816671 0.748839 1.58333e-005 0.115514 -5.5369e-005 -0.00060174 1.01056 7.76819e-005 0.000304694 1.98112e-005 -0.635712 -3.7841e-005 -2.19697e-005 -0.000298235 -0.37485 -3.9841e-005 0.588233 5.71841 -4.225e-006 -0.928851 -2.96851 -0.231299 2.4625e-006 0.505212 0.300542 2.75484 1.7625e-006 0.423639 0.16499 1.60113 -2.91667e-005 -0.26008 -0.831248 -0.0641978 1.33333e-005 0.141462 0.0838677 0.771367 1.58333e-005 0.118618 -5.56665e-005 -0.000650914 1.01128 7.92351e-005 0.000328978 2.38902e-005 -0.635371 -3.86326e-005 -2.20673e-005 -0.000322786 -0.375908 -4.06024e-005 0.790934 7.05155 4.48333e-006 -1.06149 -3.63119 -0.220672 -2.26667e-006 0.557778 0.377703 3.4372 -2.21667e-006 0.503715 0.221552 1.97427 1.20833e-006 -0.297215 -1.01678 -0.0616065 -4.16667e-006 0.15617 0.105661 0.962235 2.95833e-006 0.141045
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