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shearing stress — n. a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact * * * … Universalium
shearing stress — n. a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact … English World dictionary
shearing stress — Shear Shear, n. [AS. sceara. See {Shear}, v. t.] 1. A pair of shears; now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See {Shears}. [1913 Webster] On his head came razor none, nor shear. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Short of the wool … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stress (mechanics) — Continuum mechanics … Wikipedia
shearing plane — noun see shear plane * * * shearing plane, Geology. the plane along which rupture from shearing stress takes place in rocks … Useful english dictionary
Shearing (physics) — Shearing in continuum mechanics refers to the occurrence of a shear strain, which is a deformation of a material substance in which parallel internal surfaces slide past one another. It is induced by a shear stress in the material. Shear strain… … Wikipedia
Stress (physics) — Stress is a measure of the average amount of force exerted per unit area. It is a measure of the intensity of the total internal forces acting within a body across imaginary internal surfaces, as a reaction to external applied forces and body… … Wikipedia
stress — the intensity of internal force acting at a point in an object. Stress is measured in units of force per area. Examples of a stress include a tension, a thrust, and a shearing force applied stress critical resolved shear stress maximum stress… … Mechanics glossary
shearing test — the test applied to metal to determine the stress required to fracture it across its section … Mechanics glossary
tangential stress — Shear Shear, n. [AS. sceara. See {Shear}, v. t.] 1. A pair of shears; now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See {Shears}. [1913 Webster] On his head came razor none, nor shear. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Short of the wool … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
