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Sheer stress
Sheer stress arises from forces that are parallel to
the plane of cross section
Sheer stress on other hand is tangent to the
plane on which it act. Sheer stress is arising
whenever the applied loads cause one
section of a body to slide past its adjacent
section
Sheer stress can be computed from
τ =
in common practical practice to assume that
the sheer force F is uniformly distributed over
the shear area A.
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