The force tending to make two contacting parts slide upon each other in opposite directions parallel to their plane of contact.

A form of stress resulting from equal and opposite forces that do not act along the same line. If a thick hard-bound book is lying flat, and one pushes the front cover from the side so that the covers and pages no longer constitute parallel planes, this is an example of shear.

Tearing force, such as that caused by blending or stirring.

It is the mode of failure in which a portion of a mass of rock on one side of a plane slides past the portion on the opposite side of that plane. Similar to a deck of cards sheared out.

Created by opposite forces that meet head on like the blades of a pair of scissors.  They tend to "cut", tear, or slide two parts of a member along a plane.

Physical Properties and Testing Application of a force to a joint acting in the same plane as the tape or bond line.

The rate of deformation of a fluid when subjected to a mechanical shearing stress.

The effect produced by the action of a shear stress.

A type of stress. A body is in shear when it is subjected to a pair of equal forces in opposite directions and which act along parallel planes.

The tendency of wood fibers to slide longitudinally.

A mode of failure where two objects or pieces of rock tend to slide past each other.

A force that causes parts of a material to slide past one another in opposite directions

A moving force of material, abruptly changing velocity, that tends to tear away particles from one another.

A force applied so as to cause or tend to cause two adjacent parts of the same body to slide relative to each other, in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

Sliding of skin over subcutaneous tissues and bones causing a kink in cutaneous capillaries which may lead to ischemia.

When specified as a direction for loading - a deformation caused by sliding layers of an object past each other in a direction parallel to the layers.

The distortion of a body by two oppositely directed parallel forces

That type of force that causes or tends to cause two contiguous pans of the same body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

An system of internal forces whose resultant is a force acting perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a structural member or assembly: sometimes called shear force.

Force Acting along a Plane that Passes Through a Structural Member

A pushing or pulling force applied along a plane of contact. The reason deck posts are anchored at their bases, mud sills and sill plates are bolted to a foundation, etc.

An action or stress resulting from applied forces which causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact. In interlaminar shear, the plane of contact is composed of resin only.

Force that tends to divide an object along a plane parallel to the opposing stresses.

a force which acts to rip or tear a material

The deformation of rocks by lateral movement along innumerable parallel planes, generally resulting from pressure and producing such metamorphic structures as cleavage and schistosity. - A zone in which shearing has occurred on a large scale.

Stress in which opposing forces act on an object, causing two parts or layers to slide against each other. pp. 3, 4, 15, 66, 70, 71, 73, 75

A force causing two contacting parts slide upon each other in opposite directions.

Stress placed transversely on a member in opposite directions.

Force that causes a body to shift away from the acting force where it is not supported.

The effect of forces acting in opposite but parallel directions.

A condition of stress or strain where parallel planes slide relative to each other.

strength is reported in units or force per unit area (psi).

The deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves;

Parallel forces acting in opposite directions.

a deformation resulting from stresses that cause contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact. AGI

A type of deformation in which parallel planes in the metal crystals slide so as to retain their parallel relation.

The force between layers of resin as they slide against each other or the surface of the mold. The resulting friction causes some heating of the resin.

A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.

A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.

the act of cutting wool.

To cut off the sheep's wool

cut off, trim

A mechanical cutting head, attached to a harvester, which severs the tree from the stump with a scissors-like action. Usually an undesirable cutting head for saw timber as it often splits the butt log and degrades the value of that log.

(usually plural) large scissors with strong blades

a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

cut with shears; "shear hedges"

shear the wool from; "shear sheep"

cut or cut through with shears

a two-blade or two cutter tool that operates on the same principle as a conventional pair of scissors

To remove fleece or hair by cutting or clipping.

a steel cutting operation performed by a fixed edge and a moving blade

A machine that cuts various materials through the closure of two blades.

a cutting or breaking of a solid body such as a rock by adjacent forces acting in opposite directions.

A cut-off device on a welder for cutting saw blade square.

Cut the wool from.

A large tool for making straight cuts in flat sheet metal. A clamping action holds the metal precisely against an edge while a blade comes down along the edge like a huge scissor blade. Allows cutting large sheet for boxes and thin metal strips. Alternative is hand shears or a power air chisel which will leave a more uneven edge. Corner shears or notchers allow taking out an exact corner cut for bending a box. 2006-01-18

To use shears or clippers to remove fleece from an alpaca.

A cutting device that cuts material through the closure of two blades. In our industry shears are normally purchased for cutting metal or plastic. Standard metal shears (the cutting edge of the upper blade is generally ground at an angle of eight degrees to the blade's edge) are capable of cutting brass up to .025" thick or aluminium up to .040" thick. Standard plastic shears (with the upper blade ground with a knife-like edge having on angle of twenty degrees measured from the face of the blade) can cut flexible engraving plastic up to 3/32" thick

1. Any of several large tools or machines used to cut metal. 2. To remove by cutting or clipping. 3. To clip at right angles. 4. Resistance to sideway movement.

A wind condition whereby the wind continualy changes, often rapidly

The change in direction and speed of the wind with height.

The difference in wind speed and/or direction as altitude increases. As it pertains to thunderstorms, high shear can mean stronger and possibly severe thunderstorms.

Variation in wind speed ( speed shear) and/or direction ( directional shear) over a short distance. Shear usually refers to vertical wind shear, i.e., the change in wind with height, but the term also is used in Doppler radar to describe changes in radial velocity over short horizontal distances.

It is the rate of change over a short duration. In wind shear, it can refer to the frequent change in wind speed within a short distance. It can occur vertically or horizontally. Directional shear is a frequent change in direction within a short distance, which can also occur vertically or horizontally. When used in reference to Doppler radar, it describes the change in radial velocity over short distances horizontally.

The variation (usually the directional derivative) of a vector field along a given direction in space. The most frequent context for this concept is wind shear.

A fracture or fracture zone along which there has been differential movement of the sides relative to one another, typically leading to crushing, brecciation, and subsidiary fractures.