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 a manner like the Gros Ventre slide, foliation planes of weakness in metamorphic rock outcrops were parallel with the surface, compromising shear strength.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
But if too much water is added to the pore spaces of the sandcastle, the water decreases the shear strength, lowers the angle of repose, and the sandcastle collapses.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
In Figure 15.2c, the slope is steeper still, so the shear force is considerably greater than the shear strength, and the block will very likely move.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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