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ORTHOTROPE [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

... having a tendency to grow in a vertical direction, upwards or downwards [a stem, root, etc.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Qui croît dans un plan vertical, vers le haut ou vers le bas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 2 2011-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Structural Testing (Materials)
DEF

Having dissimilar elastic properties, such as those of timber, in two mutually perpendicular directions.

CONT

Geotextiles very often have two principal directions, which are at right angles to each other. With woven fabrics these are known as the warp and the weft, with non-woven fabrics the machine direction and the cross direction ... Mostly the fabric shows symmetry with respect to these two principal directions, at least for a good approximation. This means that the properties of a fabric in a direction which makes an angle [theta] with one of the principal directions are equal to those in a direction at an angle of -[theta] to the same principal direction. Then the fabric is at all points so-called planar orthotropic ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Contrôle structural des matériaux
CONT

Un matériau est dit orthotrope s'il a deux plans de symétrie de comportement mécanique, il y a donc trois axes d'orthotropies. Dans ce cas il y a 9 constantes mécaniques pour définir la loi de comportement.

Spanish

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