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shear strength

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noun

  1. the degree to which a material or bond is able to resist shear

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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

However, if the slope angle becomes steeper or if the earth material is weakened, shear force exceeds normal force, compromising shear strength, and downslope movement occurs.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Water is a common factor that can significantly change the shear strength of a particular slope.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Fluids have zero shear strength, but the rate at which they are sheared is related to the same geometrical factors A and L as is shear deformation for solids.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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