Shearing

Electoral losses have only driven the party further rightward, shearing it of its Northeastern wing.

For shearing stresses the working stress may have 0.8 of its value for tension.

For compression members the shearing area of rivets in butt-joints was made half the useful section of plate in compression.

If the load travels the reverse way, the shearing force at the head of the train is given by the ordinates of the dotted parabola.