Talk:Shear strength

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While this is a decent start towards describing shear stress, it is ambiguous at best. I don't have the time to edit this page personally, but if someone else does decide to pick up the cause, I would make 2 recommendations that would clarify a great deal.

1. create a picture describing the forces and labeling the planes they are in. The formulas listed could easily be mistaken for axial stress equations since the directions of the forces are not mentioned.

2. Check out "Mechanics of Materials" by R.C. Hibbeler. It's a great resource for this topic. Section 1.5 is particularly pertinent. It was the textbook of choice when I got my Mechanical Engineering degree back in 2004.

Good luck! 65.165.72.203 20:32, 23 May 2007 (UTC)