multiachsige

Multiachsige is a German adjective used in technical and scientific language to describe something that involves or extends along several axes. It is formed from the prefix multi- meaning “many” and the noun Achse, meaning “axis,” with the suffix –ige. In everyday German, the more common form is mehrachsig or mehrachsig; multiachsige appears mainly in loanword contexts or as a direct calque from English multiaxial.

Usage and contexts

In engineering and materials science, multiachsige Belastung (multiaxial loading) or multiachsige Spannungen refer to loading or stress states that act along multiple directions, as opposed to uniaxial loading. Multiaxial analyses examine combinations of stresses, principal stresses, and invariants to assess material behavior, yield criteria, and failure modes under complex loading. In geotechnical engineering, multiachsige Stress states are used to model in-situ conditions that involve several directional components.

Relation to related terms

The standard German terms are mehrachsig (multiaxial) and dreiachsig (triaxial) or einachsig (uniaxial). The English loanword multiaxial is frequently encountered in technical texts, sometimes replacing or supplementing the native terminology. The noun form die Multiachsige is rare and context-dependent; most discussions use the adjective form or the conventional German alternatives.

See also

Achse; Mehrachsig; Uniaxial; Dreiachsig; Multiaxialität.

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