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Record 1 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Plastics Industry
  • Mining Operations
  • Refractory Materials (Metallurgy)
DEF

The ratio of shear stress to the corresponding shear strain of the material.

OBS

Values of shear modulus are usually determined by torsion testing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Industrie des plastiques
  • Exploitation minière
  • Matériaux réfractaires (Métallurgie)
DEF

Rapport de la composante tangentielle de la contrainte relative à une facette d'un solide au glissement correspondant dans le domaine des déformations proportionnelles. Il s'exprime en daN/mm² comme la contrainte qui est la limite du rapport de l'effort à la surface de la facette lorsque cette surface tend vers zéro, il peut être déterminé par un essai de torsion [...]

Spanish

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