PIRA 1R30.00 SHEAR STRESS

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
1R30.00Shear Stress
1R30.10shear bookPIRA 1000
1R30.10shear book1R30.10Use a thick book to show shear.
1R30.10MA-8Use a very thick book to demonstrate shear.
1R30.10shear blockM-65Stacks of cards or a big book.
1R30.20foam blockPIRA 500
1R30.20foam block1R30.20Push on the top of a large foam block to show shear.
1R30.20foam blockTPT 14(6),373Nice pictures of a foam block for sheer demonstrations.
1R30.20foam blockMA-9A large sponge is used to show shear.
1R30.20foam blockM-64Use a rectangular block of rubber.
1R30.30spring cubePIRA 500
1R30.30spring cube1R30.30A 3x3x3 cube of cork balls is held together with springs.
1R30.30spring cubeMA-1A cube of 27 cork balls fastened together with springs.
1R30.31plywood sheets18-1.5A stack of plywood sheets with springs at the corners is used to show shear, torsion, bending, etc. Diagram.
1R30.35shear and stress modulusAJP 45(1),45Unsophisticated apparatus for measuring elastic constants of a thin flexible strip and rod.
1R30.40torsion rodPIRA 1000
1R30.40torsion rod1R30.40
1R30.40modulus of rigidityMA-12A rod is twisted by a mass hanging off the edge of a wheel.
1R30.40bending and twistingMA-13Wind a copper strip around a rod and then remove the rod and pull the strip straight to show twisting.
1R30.40torsion rodDisc 08-03Rods of various materials and diameters are twisted in a torsion lathe.
1R30.45shear and twist in screw dislocationAJP 31(5),391Rule a thick walled vacuum tube with a grid, slit lengthwise, and dislocate one unit.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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