shear
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9.1
- noun
- /ʃɪr/
- Specialized
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- The engineer explained how the material can fail under shear forces that cause its layers to slide past each other.
- shear stress
- shear force
- resultant shear
He steps forward to study the rock, its angle of shearing.
- He steps forward to study the rock, its angle of shearing.
- I gave him the lateral shear test and he had a right sided flash of pain going around his right flank.
Examples
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The data show the change in shear with the starting value defined as zero.
Academic text (1990) -
The test results were compared with the shear strengths predicted by the current design codes.
Academic text (2017) -
In both methods, the two components of the shear force S are related by:
Academic text (1999) -
So let me just draw the shear diagram here.
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As a result, sliding shear was not included in the VecTor2 models.
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Due to significant vertical shear, damaging tornadoes are possible.
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Damage illustrated in the figure is possible if excessive shear is applied near adherent scar tissue.
Academic text (1992) -
No practical device exists today that can accurately measure localized shear when used with soft cushions.
Academic text (1990) -
Socket/stump interface normal and shear stresses were obtained from the analysis of the revised base model.
Academic text (1991) -
Both interface pressure and the surface shear were measured simultaneously in each of nine reproducible seated postures.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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7.5
A change in the shape of something caused by a push or pull
Compounds
- Specialized
How well a material returns to its original shape after a sideways force
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shear comes from an old German word meaning 'to cut', and engineers use it for the way layers slide past each other because that sliding works like a cut through the material. So shear in physics means that sliding or cutting action inside something.