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Ratio of shear stress to shear strain
In solid mechanics, the shear modulus or modulus of rigidity, denoted by G, or sometimes S or μ, is a measure of the elastic shear stiffness of a material and is defined as the ratio of shear stress to shear strain: where is the shear stress, is the shear strain, is the force, is the area, is the traverse displacement, is the initial length or height. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Shear modulusA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Small-strain shear modulus of calcareous sand under anisotropic consolidationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Property evaluation of LTM25 composite materialsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Shear Modulus and Damping in Soils: Design Equations and CurvesCited 1,765 times
- Go sideways: ViscoplasticityA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Elastic modulusA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A measure of the elastic shear stiffness of a material, defined as the ratio of shear stress to shear strain.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Shear Modulus and Damping in Soils: Design Equations and Curves
Young's Modulus, Shear Modulus, and Poisson's Ratio in Silicon and Germanium
Calculation of bulk modulus, shear modulus and Poisson's ratio of glass
Shear modulus and damping of soils
The Shear Modulus of Foil Honeycomb Cores
Determination of complex shear modulus with thickness shear mode resonators
Shear Modulus and Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils
Estimating the Shear Modulus of Gravelly Soils
🆕 Influential since 2022
Small-strain shear modulus of calcareous sand under anisotropic consolidation
Experimental investigation of dynamic shear modulus of saturated marine coral sand
Dynamic shear modulus and damping of lightweight sand-mycelium soil
On evaluation of shear modulus parameter (G0) in SANISAND constitutive model
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Perovskite Oxyhydrides: Insights from Shear Modulus
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Property evaluation of LTM25 composite materialsA. S. Postyn · 1996
- 📕Simplified data reduction methods for the ECT test for mode III interlaminar fracture toughnessJian Li · 1995
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