Meaning of microplane | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of a set of planes, variously oriented and microscopically bounded, within a material, used in modelling stresses etc.
2. A very small airplane: a micro-airplane; especially, one that can carry a human.
   dated, rare

Examples

“6.7.2 Microplane Models: The framework of anisotropic damage⟳ models allows for the incorporation of models that are based on the microplane concept. The microplane concept was originally conceived for metals, where well-defined planes exist⟳ in the crystal lattice, along which slip⟳ occurs preferentially. This theory, originated by Batdorf and Budiansky (1949), was originally named the slip⟳ theory and is now commonly referred to as crystal plasticity (Miehe and Schotte 2004). Later, the concept of preferential slip⟳ planes was adapted to damage⟳ and fracture in quasi-brittle materials such as concrete and rock and was renamed the microplane model⟳ (Bazant and Gambarova 1984) or multilaminate model⟳ (Zienkiewicz and Pande 1977). Obviously, the physical basis is now less obvious in the sense⟳ that preferential fracture planes cannot be distinguished, but by defining a sufficiently large number⟳ of potential fracture planes the damage⟳ evolution can be described accurately. Two major classes of microplane models can be distinguished, namely those based on the kinematic constraint and those based on a static constraint.”

“Near-synonym: microlight”

CEFR level