When simulating cyclic symmetry in a static structural analysis, the application supports the static structural analysis result types that involve full symmetry, with the exception of Path and Fatigue results.
Even though only one cyclic sector is analyzed, results are valid for the full symmetry model. You can control the post-processing and display of cyclic results using the Cyclic Solution Display options on the Solution object:
Number of Sectors: This option controls the extent the model is expanded from the raw solution. The value indicates how many sectors should be processed, displayed and animated. Results generate more quickly and consume less memory and file storage when fewer sectors are requested. To set the value as Program Controlled, enter zero; this value reveals the full expansion.
Starting at Sector: Selects the specific sectors to include within the expansion. For example, if Number of Sectors is set to 1, sectors 1 through N are revealed one at a time. To set the value as , enter zero; this value reveals the specified number of sectors from sector 1 onwards.
In addition, individual result objects contain a Starting at Sector property. For it to display, the Number of Sectors property above must be set to a value greater than 0. Furthermore, this property overrides the setting of the above Starting at Sector property of the Solution object. This property gives you the ability to define different starting sectors for each result object.
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Extremum values (for example, Minimum, Maximum) correspond only to the portion of the model selected in the Cyclic Solution Display.
For a Multistage Cyclic Symmetry analysis, the Number of Sectors and Starting at Sector properties apply to all Stage objects.
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The application does not support the expanded full view of a model for element-based results (one value per element) such as Volume. That is, results with a Data Type of Elemental. Nodal Triads as well as Crack and Fracture results are also not expanded.
The results for the Energy Probe, Force Reaction probe, and Moment Reaction probe are calculated for the full symmetry model.
Unaveraged contact results do not expand to all expanded sectors in a cyclic analysis.
Expanded result visualization is not available to the Samcef or ABAQUS solver.