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compressional or shear elastic energy


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08:18 Apr 17, 2010
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Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: compressional or shear elastic energy
compressional or shear elastic energy
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4Point at which something fails
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Point at which something fails


Explanation:
The shear point is the point at which a product (usually metal but can be any solid product) breaks.

Ie a 8mm bolt has a shear point of (say) 23ton which is the tonnage which will shear (snap) the bolt. Before the bolt (snaps) shears it will bend without fracture, this is called its elasticity which is measured in percentage.

So a bolt may have elasticity of 15 percent and a shear point of 23ton.

Compressional is the opposite to elasticity.

Elongation is when a bolt etc lengthens longitudinally (stretches)



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Reference information:
Here is a definition of 'shear stress' from Wikipedia, with a little diagram.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_stress
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