| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
| 1R30.00 | Shear Stress | | |
| 1R30.10 | shear book | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1R30.10 | shear book | 1R30.10 | Use a thick book to show shear. |
| 1R30.10 | | MA-8 | Use a very thick book to demonstrate shear. |
| 1R30.10 | shear block | M-65 | Stacks of cards or a big book. |
| 1R30.20 | foam block | PIRA 500 | |
| 1R30.20 | foam block | 1R30.20 | Push on the top of a large foam block to show shear. |
| 1R30.20 | foam block | TPT 14(6),373 | Nice pictures of a foam block for sheer demonstrations. |
| 1R30.20 | foam block | MA-9 | A large sponge is used to show shear. |
| 1R30.20 | foam block | M-64 | Use a rectangular block of rubber. |
| 1R30.30 | spring cube | PIRA 500 | |
| 1R30.30 | spring cube | 1R30.30 | A 3x3x3 cube of cork balls is held together with springs. |
| 1R30.30 | spring cube | MA-1 | A cube of 27 cork balls fastened together with springs. |
| 1R30.31 | plywood sheets | 18-1.5 | A stack of plywood sheets with springs at the corners is used to show shear, torsion, bending, etc. Diagram. |
| 1R30.35 | shear and stress modulus | AJP 45(1),45 | Unsophisticated apparatus for measuring elastic constants of a thin flexible strip and rod. |
| 1R30.40 | torsion rod | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1R30.40 | torsion rod | 1R30.40 | |
| 1R30.40 | modulus of rigidity | MA-12 | A rod is twisted by a mass hanging off the edge of a wheel. |
| 1R30.40 | bending and twisting | MA-13 | Wind a copper strip around a rod and then remove the rod and pull the strip straight to show twisting. |
| 1R30.40 | torsion rod | Disc 08-03 | Rods of various materials and diameters are twisted in a torsion lathe. |
| 1R30.45 | shear and twist in screw dislocation | AJP 31(5),391 | Rule a thick walled vacuum tube with a grid, slit lengthwise, and dislocate one unit. |