eigenstrain

English

Etymology

From eigen- +‎ strain.

Noun

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.

Related terms

• eigenstress