A transversely isotropic material is one with physical properties which are symmetric about an axis that is normal to a plane of isotropy. This transverse plane has infinite planes of symmetry and thus, within this plane, the material properties are the same in all directions. Hence, such materials are also known as `polar anisotropic` materials.....
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(from the article `solids, mechanics of`) ...germanium, or silicon have only three independent elastic constants. Solids with a special direction, and with identical properties along any ...
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