English Explanatory Dictionary

Payne effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular aspect of the mechanical response of rubber, observed under cyclic loading conditions with small strain amplitudes, and manifested as a dependence of the viscoelastic storage modulus on the amplitude of the applied strain.

Word forms

Payne effect Payne effects

Etymology

Named after the British rubber scientist A. R. Payne, who studied the effect.

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