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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
An action in which opposing forces tend to make neighbouring parts of a material slide past each other.
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Paper 1
Revise: Resisting forces and stressesShear occurs when opposing forces tend to make neighbouring parts of a material slide past each other. Unlike tension, which pulls along a component, shear acts across a section of it.
For shear, describe neighbouring parts sliding past one another. For tension, describe the material being pulled apart along its length.
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