shear

  • 101shear nut — A thin nut used to hold a bolt in place. Shear nuts are used when the fasteners on which they are screwed are loaded with shear only …

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  • 102shear pin — A specially designed pin that shears if equipment seizes or loads beyond design values are imposed. For example, shear pins are used in arrester barriers, where they give way when an aircraft engages them beyond a given momentum. They are also… …

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  • 103shear zone — /ˈʃɪə zoʊn/ (say shear zohn) noun a geological zone in which shearing (see shear def. 7) has occurred on a large scale, so that the rock is crushed and brecciated …

  • 104shear deformation — šlijimo deformacija statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. shear deformation; shear strain; shearing deformation vok. Scherdeformation, f; Scherungsdeformation, f; Schubdeformation, f rus. деформация сдвига, f pranc. déformation de… …

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  • 105shear strain — šlijimo deformacija statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. shear deformation; shear strain; shearing deformation vok. Scherdeformation, f; Scherungsdeformation, f; Schubdeformation, f rus. деформация сдвига, f pranc. déformation de… …

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  • 106shear boom — noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by shear) (II) of sheer boom : a boom designed to guide floating logs in a desired direction * * * shear boom, (in lumbering) a boom fixed to guide floating logs in the desired direction …

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  • 107shear steel — noun : a steel produced by heating blister steel sheared into short lengths to a high heat, welding by hammering or rolling or both, and finally finishing under the hammer at the same or a slightly greater heat called also single shear steel;… …

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  • 108Shear hulk — Hulk Hulk, n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho; perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. ?, prop., a ship which is towed, fr. ? to draw, drag, tow. Cf. {Wolf}, {Holcad}.] 1. The body… …

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  • 109Shear line (locksmithing) — In a cylinder lock, the shear line, also known as the split line in Australia, is where the inner cylinder ends and the outer cylinder begins. When a correct change key or master key is inserted in the cylinder, it will align the pin segments… …

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  • 110shear centre — noun The point where a shear force can act without producing any twist in the section. In general not the centroid, but a point through which a force transverse to the axis of a beam section can act and not cause any twisting of the beam section …

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