plate shear
1Steel plate shear wall — A steel plate shear wall (SPSW) consists of steel infill plates bounded by a column beam system. Overview When these infill plates occupy each level within a framed bay of a structure, they constitute an SPSW [Kharrazi, M.H.K., 2005, “Rational… …
2Shear strength (soil) — Shear strength in reference to soil is a term used to describe the maximum strength of soil at which point significant plastic deformation or yielding occurs due to an applied shear stress. There is no definitive shear strength of a soil as it… …
3Shear stress — SI symbol: τ SI unit: pascal Derivations from other quantities: τ = F / A …
4plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …
5Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century …
6Shear (geology) — Study of geological shear is related to the study of structural geology, rock microstructure or rock texture and fault mechanics. Shear is the response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress and forms particular textures. Shear… …
7shear — shearer, n. shearless, adj. /shear/, v., sheared, sheared or shorn, shearing, n. v.t. 1. to cut (something). 2. to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep …
8Mindlin–Reissner plate theory — Deformation of a plate highlighting the displacement, the mid surface (red) and the normal to the mid surface (blue) The Mindlin Reissner theory of plates is an extension of Kirchhoff–Love plate theory that takes into account shear deformations… …
9African Plate —   The African plate, shown in pinkish orange The African Plate is a tectonic plate which includes the continent of Africa, as well as oceanic crust which lies …
10Foumban Shear Zone — The Foumban Shear Zone, or Central Cameroon Shear Zone (CCSZ), is a fault zone in Cameroon that has been identified with the Pernambuco fault in northeastern Brazil, which splays from the Trans Brazilian Lineament.[1] It is part of the Central… …
