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April 30, 2024 at 10:39 am
CFD_Friend
Ansys Employee
Hi,
No, symmetry and periodic boundary conditions are not similar. While symmetric boundary conditions mirror the behavior of the system across the boundary, periodic boundary conditions assume the system repeats itself beyond the boundary. The choice between them depends on the specific characteristics of the system being modeled and the requirements of the simulation or mathematical analysis.