shear stress

American  

[sheer stres] / ˈʃɪər ˌstrɛs /

Also shearing stress

noun

Physics.

1. the external force acting on an object or surface parallel to the slope or plane in which it lies; the stress tending to produce shear.

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shear stress British  

noun

1. the form of stress in a body, part, etc, that tends to produce cutting rather than stretching or bending

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shear stress Scientific  

1. A form of stress that subjects an object to which force is applied to skew, tending to cause shear strain. For example, shear stress on a block of wood would arise by fixing one end and applying force to this other; this would tend to change the block's shape from a rectangle to a parallelogram.

2. See also strain

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Etymology

Origin of shear stress

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

This snapshot details the shear stress the force may exert on the quark particles that make up the proton.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

The reversible and irreversible crosslinks within the hydrogel adapt to high shear stress during injection, ensuring excellent mechanical stability.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

Stevenson, R. J., Dingwell, D. B., Webb, S. L. & Bagdassarov, N. S. The equivalence of enthalpy and shear stress relaxation in rhyolitic obsidian and quantification of the liquid-glass transition in volcanic process.

From Nature • Dec. 12, 2017

Clockwise from top left: tensional stress, compressional stress, and shear stress, and some examples of resulting strain.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The type of stress that has increased on the southern San Andreas is known as shear stress.

From Time Magazine Archive