This page identifies the features of
Helius PFA supported for each FEA tool and each material system. It also identifies which features and settings can be used together.
Platform Compatibility
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Abaqus/Standard
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Abaqus/Explicit
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ANSYS
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Autodesk Nastran
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Settings
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Units
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Fiber Direction
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Flags
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PFA
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Shear NL
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X
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X
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X
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NLE Fiber
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Pressure Strengthening
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X
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X
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X
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Temperature Dependence
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X
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X
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Cure Stress
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X
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X
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X
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Damage Initiation Criteria
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MCT
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X
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X
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X
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X
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User
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Auxiliary
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Damage Evolution Criteria
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Discrete (Instantaneous)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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EBD
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X
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X
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X
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X
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User
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X
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X
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X
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Analysis Features
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Damage Time Step
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X
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Job Termination
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X
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Element Deletion
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X
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X
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Progressive Fatigue
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X
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X
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Solve
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Windows
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Linux
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X
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X
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Materials
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Unidirectional
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Woven
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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Cohesive
|
X
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X
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X
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Material Compatibility
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Unidirectional
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Woven
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Settings
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Units
|
X
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X
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Fiber Direction
|
X
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X
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Flags
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PFA
|
X
|
X
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Shear NL
|
X
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X
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NLE Fiber
|
X
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|
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Pressure Strengthening
|
X
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|
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Temperature Dependence
|
X
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Cure Stress
|
X
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|
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Damage Initiation Criteria
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MCT
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X
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X
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User
|
X
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X
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Max Stress
|
X
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X
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Max Strain
|
X
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X
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Tsai-Hill
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X
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Tsai-Wu
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X
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Christensen
|
X
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Hashin
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X
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Puck
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X
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LaRC02
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X
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Damage Evolution Criteria
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Discrete (Instantaneous)
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X
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X
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EBD
|
X
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User
|
X
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X
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Analysis Features
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Damage Time Step
|
X
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X
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Job Termination
|
X
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X
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Element Deletion
|
X
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X
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Progressive Fatigue
|
X
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X
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|
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Cohesive
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Damage Initiation Criteria
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Max Traction
|
X
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Quadratic Traction
|
X
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Damage Evolution Criteria
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Displacement
|
X
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EBD
|
X
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EBD - Mixed Mode, Power Law
|
X
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Feature Compatibility
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Flags
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PFA
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Shear NL
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NLE Fiber
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Pressure Strengthening
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Temperature Dependence
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Cure Stress
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Flags
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PFA
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N/A
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Shear NL
|
X
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N/A
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X
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X
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NLE Fiber
|
X
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N/A
|
X
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Pressure Strengthening
|
X
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X
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X
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N/A
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X
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Temperature Dependence
|
X
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N/A
|
X
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Cure Stress
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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N/A
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Damage Initiation Criteria
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MCT
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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User
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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Auxiliary
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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Damage Evolution Criteria
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Discrete (Instantaneous)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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EBD
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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User
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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Note: Any combination of Damage Initiation Criteria and Damage Evolution Criteria may be used together.