Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Element.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Element.cpp	(revision 25727)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Element.cpp	(revision 25728)
@@ -255,12 +255,13 @@
 	/*Allocate arrays*/
 	const int NUM_VERTICES = this->GetNumberOfVertices();
-
-	IssmDouble* eps_xx = xNew<IssmDouble>(NUM_VERTICES);
-	IssmDouble* eps_yy = xNew<IssmDouble>(NUM_VERTICES);
-	IssmDouble* eps_zz = xNew<IssmDouble>(NUM_VERTICES);
-	IssmDouble* eps_xy = xNew<IssmDouble>(NUM_VERTICES);
-	IssmDouble* eps_xz = xNew<IssmDouble>(NUM_VERTICES);
-	IssmDouble* eps_yz = xNew<IssmDouble>(NUM_VERTICES);
-	IssmDouble* eps_ef = xNew<IssmDouble>(NUM_VERTICES);
+	_assert_(NUM_VERTICES<=MAXVERTICES);
+
+	IssmDouble eps_xx[MAXVERTICES];
+	IssmDouble eps_yy[MAXVERTICES];
+	IssmDouble eps_zz[MAXVERTICES];
+	IssmDouble eps_xy[MAXVERTICES];
+	IssmDouble eps_xz[MAXVERTICES];
+	IssmDouble eps_yz[MAXVERTICES];
+	IssmDouble eps_ef[MAXVERTICES];
 
 	/* Start looping on the number of vertices: */
@@ -297,23 +298,15 @@
 
 	/*Add Stress tensor components into inputs*/
-	this->AddInput(StrainRatexxEnum,eps_xx,P1Enum);
-	this->AddInput(StrainRatexyEnum,eps_xy,P1Enum);
-	this->AddInput(StrainRatexzEnum,eps_xz,P1Enum);
-	this->AddInput(StrainRateyyEnum,eps_yy,P1Enum);
-	this->AddInput(StrainRateyzEnum,eps_yz,P1Enum);
-	this->AddInput(StrainRatezzEnum,eps_zz,P1Enum);
-	this->AddInput(StrainRateeffectiveEnum,eps_ef,P1Enum);
+	this->AddInput(StrainRatexxEnum,&eps_xx[0],P1Enum);
+	this->AddInput(StrainRatexyEnum,&eps_xy[0],P1Enum);
+	this->AddInput(StrainRatexzEnum,&eps_xz[0],P1Enum);
+	this->AddInput(StrainRateyyEnum,&eps_yy[0],P1Enum);
+	this->AddInput(StrainRateyzEnum,&eps_yz[0],P1Enum);
+	this->AddInput(StrainRatezzEnum,&eps_zz[0],P1Enum);
+	this->AddInput(StrainRateeffectiveEnum,&eps_ef[0],P1Enum);
 
 	/*Clean up and return*/
 	delete gauss;
 	xDelete<IssmDouble>(xyz_list);
-	xDelete<IssmDouble>(eps_xx);
-	xDelete<IssmDouble>(eps_yy);
-	xDelete<IssmDouble>(eps_zz);
-	xDelete<IssmDouble>(eps_xy);
-	xDelete<IssmDouble>(eps_xz);
-	xDelete<IssmDouble>(eps_yz);
-	xDelete<IssmDouble>(eps_ef);
-
 }
 /*}}}*/