Shear forces make one part of a material slip past another
Evidence
A shear displacement is what happens if you cut paper with scissors, or tear it. You are applying a force at right angles and making one part of the material slip, or shear, with respect to the other. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 111
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Gives an accessible everyday intuition for shear displacement via scissors cutting paper.