Chapter 3: Transverse Shear

Chapter overview

Back in Solid Mechanics I we looked at transverse shear, where we calculated the shear stress τ acting on a cross-section.

Here in this chapter, we’ll be covering more advanced topics on shear:

• C3.1 Shear Flow - the shear force per unit length “flowing” in cross-sections
• C3.2 Shear Centre - when a shear force causes twisting and how to prevent it