Dear Anne-Cecile,

If you do not apply any boundary condition to this surface, it will by
definition be traction free. You do not need to do anything.

The correct condition mathematically is not "sigma = 0" but "sigma*Normal =
[0;0,0]". But again you do not have to impose it.

Best regards
Kostas

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 9:13 PM Lesage,Anne Cecile J <
ajles...@mdanderson.org> wrote:

> Dear all
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> In a python script, I defined a boundary for a 3D tetra mesh
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> meshb.set_region(STRESSF_BOUND, fbss)
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> How do I impose a stress free on this surface sigma=0?
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> Thank you
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> Regards
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> Anne-Cecile
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