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Shear stress
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Shear stress
is
a
measure
of the intensity of internal
forces
acting
parallel to
a
surface
in
a
material. It arises when
a
force
is applied tangentially to an
area
of
a
material, causing the layers of the material to slide past one another.
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2026-09-24
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Shear stress
is the
tangential component
of
traction
on
a
surface
. For leading
unidirectional flow
u
(
y
)
in
a
Newtonian fluid
,
τ
=
μ
d
u
/
d
y
.
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