Definition of orthotropic in English:
orthotropic
adjective ˌɔːθə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪkˌɔːθə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪkˌôrTHəˈtrōpik
1Botany
(of a shoot, stem, or axis) growing vertically.
Example sentencesExamples
- Branches are orthotropic and morphologically identical to the trunk.
- The mature ovules of both species are orthotropic and crassinucellate.
- MS indicates seedling main stem, T, seedling ramifications; S, orthotropic shoots on stolon (St); R, shoots on rhizomes (Rh).
- Two plants were monopodial, while one tree possessed a 60-cm-long secondary leader (an orthotropic shoot arising from the main stem) that had developed about 1 m above soil level.
- In the Champagnat model, the mixed axes have a spiral phyllotaxis and begin their growth with an orthotropic direction before they bend under their own weight.
2Engineering
Having three mutually perpendicular planes of elastic symmetry at each point.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the design of the orthotropic deck, the composite interaction between the steel deck and the pavement under local and global loading was considered.
- West, Vancouver, fabricated the new bridge sections upside down and welded orthotropic troughs to the 16.8-m-wide deck plates.
- The orthotropic steel plate deck bridge with a double rib system, is a structural steel member with a steel plate deck welded to a closed steel rib.
- Owing to its high strength and stiffness, the orthotropic steel deck system has been widely used in the construction of long-span steel bridges.
- Renovation techniques for orthotropic steel bridge decks are needed to solve fatigue problems in the decks of these bridges.