Category:Definitions/Shear

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Shear (Physics)

Shear is a type of deformation of a body in which some parallel planes remain parallel, but are relatively displaced in the direction parallel to those planes.

Shear (Geometry)

Plane Shear

A plane shear is a transformation of the points of the plane in which one straight line $\LL$ is fixed, and all other points move in a direction parallel to $\LL$ by a displacement proportional to their distance from $\LL$.

Space Shear

A space shear is a transformation of the points of space in which one plane $\PP$ is fixed, and all other points move in a direction parallel to $\PP$ by a displacement proportional to their distance from $\PP$.