Example 22: Symmetry Boundary Conditions

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Problem Description

In this example, symmetry boundary conditions are applied to the thermo-mechanical simulation of a cobalt chrome cylinder. Figure 1 shows the original and quarter-symmetric model.

Symmetry boundary conditions are applied to the X and Y faces at the origin using the *SYMM card.

Figure 1: Original and segmented cylinder geometries