stress tensor output: 6 tensor components; not 9?

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johnbrehm
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stress tensor output: 6 tensor components; not 9?

Post by johnbrehm » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:19 pm

I get 6 tensor components (in each of .log and .out): 11, 22, 33, 32, 31, 21.
How do I get the other 3: 23 13 13?

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Re: stress tensor output: 6 tensor components; not 9?

Post by gmatteo » Sun Oct 07, 2018 2:05 pm

Because the stress is a symmetric tensor thus 12 == 21 etc

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