How to set Dirichlet BC for a cylinder geometry?

PyLith
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Dear Pylith team,

I am wondering how to set Dirichlet BC for a cylinder geometry. In my case, cylinder is a better choice for making model geometry if we just consider the specific region of interest.

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Next, we need to set boundary conditions. In PyLith, it’s simple to do that for the top and bottom surface. It’s also simple for the front, back, left, and right surfaces of a brick geometry (e.g., setting ZERO displacement on the direction bc_dof=0 or 1 ). However, for the cylinder geometry, if we want to set the radial displacement to ZERO and the tangential displacement free, how can we realize this?

Best,
SZ

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PyLith does not currently support a Dirichlet BC in terms of tangential and normal coordinates. It only supports constraining degrees of freedom aligned with the Cartesian coordinate axes.