orthotropy Bot.
(ɔːˈθɒtrəpɪ)
[f. Gr. type *ὀρθοτροπία, f. *ὀρθότροπος: see prec.]
1. The condition of being orthotropous.
| 1848 Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) II. 41 From the frequent examination of the passage from orthotropy to anotropy in ovules I am convinced that the umbilical cord is never soldered to the ovulary leaf. |
2. The condition of being orthotropic.
| 1966 F. J. Plantema Sandwich Construction v. 118 Numerical results have been computed only for a few typical cases of orthotropy corresponding to corrugated⁓core sandwich plates and sandwich plates having standard glass-fabric laminate faces. 1974 R. Szilard Theory & Anal. Plates iii. 375 If we assume that the principal directions of orthotropy coincide with the X and Y co⁓ordinate axes, it becomes evident that four elastic constants..are required for the description of the orthotropic stress-strain relationships. |