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Sentences with shear modulus

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  • The shear modulus is defined as the ratio of shear stress to shear strain.The shear modulus characterizes how difficult it is to distort a substance's shape by shear stress.The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
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