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shear centres

shear centres is the plural of shear centre.

Meaning of shear centre

Noun

shear centre (plural shear centres)

  1. The point where a shear force can act without producing any twist in the section. In general not the centroid, but a point through which a force transverse to the axis of a beam section can act and not cause any twisting of the beam section.

Questions about shear centres

What is shear centres the plural of?
Shear centres is the plural of shear centre.

Words near shear centres in the dictionary

  1. Sheandra
  2. Sheans
  3. Sheans Creek
  4. shear
  5. shear centre
  6. shear centres
  7. shear hog
  8. shear hogs
  9. shear legs
  10. shear line
  11. shear lines

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