| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| ranska | cisaillement |
| Monikko | shear stresses |
(physics) the component of stress that causes parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.
A shearing force is applied to the top of the rectangle while the bottom is held in place. The resulting shear stress, τ, deforms the rectangle into a parallelogram. The area involved would be the top of the parallelogram.