Apply Boundary Conditions

Create boundary conditions that minimally constrain the movement of the bottom surface of the plate and prevent rigid body motion.

The boundary conditions are shown below.

1. Switch to the Load module.
2. Create a Displacement/Rotation type boundary condition (BC > Create) named Bottom. Select the bottom surface (see the image below) of the plate as the region and set U2 = 0.
3. Create a second Displacement/Rotation type boundary condition named Point_A. Select the point labeled "A" in the image below and set U1 = 0 and U3 = 0.
4. Create a third Displacement/Rotation type boundary condition named Point_B. Select the point labeled "B" in the image below and set U1 = 0.