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What is the formula for shear modulus?
Think about how shear stress and shear strain relate.
Can you define shear stress?
Consider the forces acting tangentially.
What does shear modulus measure?
Think about the type of force being applied.
True or False: Shear modulus is always a positive value.
Consider how materials respond to stress.
A cylindrical bar with a radius of 0.01 m and length 1 m is subjected to a shear force of 100 N. Calculate the shear stress and shear modulus if the resulting shear strain observed is 0.02.
Use the area of the circular cross section to find shear stress.
A material has a shear modulus of 80 GPa. If the shear stress applied is 32 MPa, what is the shear strain induced in the material?
Make sure to use consistent units for stress to get shear strain.
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