A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
Shear strength — in engineering is a term used to describe the strength of a material or component against the type of yield or structural failure where the material or component fails in shear. In structural and mechanical engineering the shear strength of a… … Wikipedia
Shear strain — is a strain that acts parallel to the face of a material that it is acting on. Normal strain acts perpendicular to the face of that it is acting on. There are two ways to interpret shear strain: the average shear strain and the engineering shear… … Wikipedia
Stress (mechanics) — Continuum mechanics … Wikipedia
shear modulus — Physics. a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force. Also called modulus… … Universalium
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
shear stress — See stress, shear … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
shear plane — noun or shearing plane : a plane or other surface along which rocks are ruptured by compressive stress * * * shear plane, Geology. shearing plane … Useful english dictionary
Shear stress — SI symbol: τ SI unit: pascal Derivations from other quantities: τ = F / A … Wikipedia
Shear strength (soil) — Shear strength in reference to soil is a term used to describe the maximum strength of soil at which point significant plastic deformation or yielding occurs due to an applied shear stress. There is no definitive shear strength of a soil as it… … 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
