eigenstrain

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Etymology

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From eigen- +‎ strain.

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eigenstrain (plural eigenstrains)

  1. (physics) A residual strain produced without an external force
    • 2015, Mikhail A. Antimonov, Andrej Cherkaev, Alexander Freidin, “Phase transformations surfaces and exact energy lower bounds”, in arXiv[1]:
      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.
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