Poisson Effect
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RBF Definitions
"These vectorial resultants of forces articulated in planes perpendicular to the axis of the applied force vector, with concomitant right-angle transformation of compression into tension, and vice versa, are altogether known as the Poisson Effect (as named for their human discoverer and not for a fish-like behavior). We now know that this imprecisely recognized reciprocal effect is a precisely operative physical system phenomenon known as precession."
Citations
- "Tensegrity," PORTFOLIO AND ART NEWS, p. 119, Dec. '61
