Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Tria.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Tria.cpp	(revision 24821)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Tria.cpp	(revision 24822)
@@ -5705,5 +5705,5 @@
 
 		phi=this->GetGroundedPortion(&xyz_list[0][0]); //watch out, this only works because of the Thales theorem! We are in 3D, but this routine is inherently for 2D trias
-		area*=phi;
+		area*=phi; //scale our load by the fraction of grounded area. 
 	}