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Free (the default) to leave the displacement component unconstrained
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Prescribed to constrain the displacement component to a given value. Enter a scalar value for the component of the prescribed displacement u0.
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Limited to set a maximum and a minimum limit for the displacement component. Enter a scalar value for the component of the maximum displacement u0,max and the minimum displacement u0,min. By default, they are set to Inf and -Inf, which corresponds to no active constraint.
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The default value for the Penalty factor kp depends on what type of entity the Prescribed Displacement/Rotation node is added to.
In these expressions, <phys> is the tag of the physics interface ( for example beam or pipem) and <pdr> is the tag of the Prescribed Displacement/Rotation node. The expressions are given as an estimation to the bending stiffness, where <phys>.Eequ is the equivalent Young’s modulus, <phys>.re is the equivalent radius of gyration, and <phys>.area is the cross-section area. The variable <phys>.<tag>.charLen is by default equal to the length of the mesh element. To improve the estimate of the penalty factor, replace <phys>.<tag>.charLen with the free length of the beam or pipe. The penalty factor can also be tuned by changing the multiplier at the beginning of each expression.
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For 2D models, to define a prescribed rotation select the Prescribed in out of plane direction check box and enter a value or expression for θ0z.
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In the COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual:
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