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eigenstrains

eigenstrains is the plural of eigenstrain.

Meaning of eigenstrain

Noun

eigenstrain (plural eigenstrains)

  1. A residual strain produced without an external force
    • Optimal structures are either simple laminates that are codirected with external eigenstrain directions, or inclined laminates, direct and skew second-rank laminates and third-rank laminates.2015, Mikhail A. Antimonov, Andrej Cherkaev, Alexander Freidin, “Phase transformations surfaces and exact energy lower bounds”, in arXiv

Questions about eigenstrains

What is eigenstrains the plural of?
Eigenstrains is the plural of eigenstrain.

Words near eigenstrains in the dictionary

  1. eigenstate
  2. eigenstates
  3. eigenstep
  4. eigensteps
  5. eigenstrain
  6. eigenstrains
  7. eigenstress
  8. eigenstresses
  9. eigenstructure
  10. eigenstructures
  11. eigensubspace

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