shear
91Shear pin — A shear pin is the mechanical analogue of an electric fuse. Installed in a drive train, it is designed to break in the case of a mechanical overload, preventing other, more expensive parts of the drive train from being damaged.A shear pin may be… …
92Shear velocity — ambox type = style text = The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. Please help [SERVERlocalurl:NAMESPACE:PAGENAME|action=edit improve the article] with a .Shear velocity is a form by… …
93shear legs — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : shear 1d(2) * * * shear (def. 16). Also, sheerlegs. [1855 60] * * * shear legs, a hoist for heavy weights; shears …
94shear wave — noun : a wave in which the propagated disturbance is a shear strain in an elastic medium * * * shear wave, a wave in an elastic medium which causes movement of the medium but no change in its volume. A secondary wave is a shear wave …
95shear zone — noun : a zone of shear structure or of closely spaced approximately parallel faults that often becomes a channel for underground solutions and the seat of ore deposition * * * Geol. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or… …
96shear stress response element — (= SSRE) Various cells can be stimulated to divide if subject to fluid shear stress. This is particularly interesting in the case of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells and efforts have been made to identify the response element that… …
97shear wall — In building construction, a rigid vertical diaphragm capable of transferring lateral forces from exterior walls, floors, and roofs to the ground foundation in a direction parallel to their planes. Examples are the reinforced concrete wall or… …
98shear stress — ▪ physics force tending to cause deformation of a material by slippage along a plane or planes parallel to the imposed stress. The resultant shear is of great importance in nature, being intimately related to the downslope movement of earth …
99shear modulus — the ratio of shear stress divided by the corresponding shear strain in a linear elastic material …
100shear failure — A type of failure of a riveted or bolted joint in which, instead of the material failing, it is the rivet or the bolt that shears off. Ideally, a joint should be designed so that it will fail in shear rather than in bearing, because a shear… …
