The phrase "axial contraction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to physics, engineering, or biology, where it describes a reduction in size along an axis.
Example: "The material exhibited significant axial contraction when subjected to high temperatures."
Alternatives: "longitudinal shrinkage" or "axial shortening".
For PE, axial contraction increases the entropy, thereby leading to negative axial thermal expansion.
The boundary conditions are assigned in the form accounting for axial displacements of the end disks caused by an axial contraction of the deformed shell.
The structural evolution (including increase in fiber diameter and decrease in the helical loop number) is a key factor for generating large axial contraction.
The influence of the die geometry on the drag force on the wire is examined by varying the axial contraction of the die, whose shape is assumed to follow a cosine-type function.
The role of the fiber network is twofold: (i) to serve as reinforcement to improve the load-bearing capability of dielectric elastomers, and (ii) to render the actuator inextensible in the axial direction such that the only free deformation path is simultaneous radial expansion and axial contraction.
Our GO/SWNT fibers combine advantages from both the SWNTs (as a robust and conductive skeleton) and GO (as a hydrophilic matrix), leading to reversible mechanical actuation with axial contraction up to 50% of original fiber length in response to water adsorption.
Results: During the fatiguing axial rotation contraction, coupling torques of both sagittal and coronal planes were slightly decreased and no difference was found between directions of axial rotation.
The axial chain contraction coefficient was constant from 22 to 228°C, and correspondingly the value of E1 remained unchanged up to 228°C.
Considering a Young's modulus of 38 GPa for the Soultz granite (Rummel 1991), the axial elastic contraction of a rock cylinder of 35 mm height is more or less than 0.007 mm for an increase of normal stress from 2.6 to 9.4 MPa.
An approach for synthesizing buckling results and behavior for thin balanced and unbalanced symmetric laminates that are subjected to uniform axial compression loads and elastically restrained against inplane expansion, contraction, and shear deformation is presented.
The required axial compression is applied partly by using the pre-compression components in assembly stage and by the thermal contraction difference between the coil winding pack and the structure during cool down stage as well.
