shear strength
Britishnoun
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Vivek Chawla and Dayakar Penumadu, both of UT, analyzed interlaminar shear strength.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024
Compared with the bare sections, biocrust-covered rammed earth was less porous and had higher shear strength and compressive strength, the team reports today.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023
In the previous section, we talked about the shear force and the shear strength of materials on slopes, and about factors that can reduce the shear strength.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
This is the shear strength, and in Figure 15.2a, it greater than the shear force, so the block should not move.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
It is possible that water pressure gradually built up within the slope, weakening the rock mass to the extent that the shear strength was no longer greater than the shear force.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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