BC_FOR_DEPENDENT_ELEMENT

Use this command to allow an "active" boundary condition (BC) for a dependent element. It is available with the HOMOGENIZATION_MODEL as a command within the ADVANCED_HOMOGENIZATION_OPTIONS.

The command enables you to enter a “fix flux” or an “activity-/potential-flux function” type of boundary condition for the dependent substitutional element if such a boundary condition is already entered for the independent elements.

Use of this command automatically ensures that the flux of the dependent element is not used to balance the independent fluxes, i.e. the feature “dependent element balance fluxes” is set to No.

Syntax

BC_FOR_DEPENDENT_ELEMENT

Prompts

Enter BC for dependent element on lower boundary /NO/

If YES is entered, the subsequent prompts are the same as when the boundary condition was entered for the independent elements on the lower boundary; it is a prerequisite that such a boundary condition is already entered.

This feature is only allowed with a “fix flux” or an “activity/potential flux function” type of boundary condition.

 

Enter BC for dependent element on upper boundary /NO/

If YES is entered, the subsequent prompts are the same as when the boundary condition was entered for the independent elements on the upper boundary; it is a prerequisite that such a boundary condition is already entered.

This feature is only allowed with a “fix flux” or an “activity/potential flux function” type of boundary condition.