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单词 neutral axis
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neutral axis
axis of a balance: the line upon which it turns. axis of oscillation (of a pendulum, etc.): a horizontal line passing through the centre of the oscillation, and perpendicular to its plane (Hutton 1796). axis of polarization: the central line round which the prismatic rings or curves are arranged. neutral axis (of a girder): the line where there is neither compression nor tension (Brewster).extracted from axisn.1
neutral axis
neutral axis n. (a) Optics either of two mutually perpendicular directions within a plate of a birefringent substance, such that light polarized parallel to either of these directions is transmitted without change of polarization; (b) Mechanics the line or plane containing those points at which no extension or compression occurs when a beam, plate, etc., is subjected to stress.
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1813 D. Brewster New Philos. Instr. iv. iv. 336 The horizontal and vertical lines..drawn upon the plate of mica, may be called the neutral axes of the mica.
a1830 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) III. 60/2 An isosceles triangle, having its vertex in the neutral axis.
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding v. 80 The score in the centre plate is cut very near the neutral axis of the girder.
1881 Proc. Royal Soc. 1880–1 31 493 The principal section of the polarising nicol was placed successively in the plane of incidence, and at right angles to it, and the neutral axes of the quarter undulation plate..at an angle of 45° with this plane.
1905 G. J. Fiebeger Civil Engin. xxi. 405 A beam may have its reinforcement on the tension side only, or on both the tension and compression sides of the neutral axis.
1978 J. E. Gordon Structures xi. 242 Since it is important to know the position of the neutral axis in a beam it is fortunate that this is easy to determine.
1999 Astron. & Astrophysics Suppl. Series 139 175/2 This is confirmed by the preliminary results obtained with high-birefringent fibers and the incident light polarized along the neutral axes: the contrast reaches 78%.
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