Simple shear

In fluid mechanics, simple shear is a special case of deformation where only one component of velocity vectors has a non-zero value:

V_{x}=f(x,y)

V_{y}=V_{z}=0

And the gradient of velocity is constant and perpendicular to the velocity itself:

{\frac {\partial V_{x}}{\partial y}}={\dot {\gamma }}

where ${\dot {\gamma }}$ is the shear rate and:

{\frac {\partial V_{x}}{\partial x}}={\frac {\partial V_{x}}{\partial z}}=0

The displacement gradient tensor Γ for this deformation has only one nonzero term:

\Gamma ={\begin{bmatrix}0&{\dot {\gamma }}&0\\0&0&0\\0&0&0\end{bmatrix}}

Simple shear with the rate ${\dot {\gamma }}$ is the combination of pure shear strain with the rate of 1/2 ${\dot {\gamma }}$ and rotation with the rate of 1/2 ${\dot {\gamma }}$ :

\Gamma ={\begin{matrix}\underbrace {\begin{bmatrix}0&{\dot {\gamma }}&0\\0&0&0\\0&0&0\end{bmatrix}} \\{\mbox{simple shear}}\end{matrix}}={\begin{matrix}\underbrace {\begin{bmatrix}0&{{\tfrac {1}{2}}{\dot {\gamma }}}&0\\{{\tfrac {1}{2}}{\dot {\gamma }}}&0&0\\0&0&0\end{bmatrix}} \\{\mbox{pure shear}}\end{matrix}}+{\begin{matrix}\underbrace {\begin{bmatrix}0&{{\tfrac {1}{2}}{\dot {\gamma }}}&0\\{-{{\tfrac {1}{2}}{\dot {\gamma }}}}&0&0\\0&0&0\end{bmatrix}} \\{\mbox{solid rotation}}\end{matrix}}

Important examples of simple shear include laminar flow through long channels of constant cross-section (Poiseuille flow), and elastomeric bearing pads in base isolation systems to allow critical buildings to survive earthquakes undamaged.

Simple shear in solid mechanics

Main article: Deformation (mechanics)

In solid mechanics, a simple shear deformation is defined as an isochoric plane deformation in which there are a set of line elements with a given reference orientation that do not change length and orientation during the deformation.^[1] This deformation is differentiated from a pure shear by virtue of the presence of a rigid rotation of the material.

If e₁ is the fixed reference orientation in which line elements do not deform during the deformation and e₁ − e₂ is the plane of deformation, then the deformation gradient in simple shear can be expressed as

{\boldsymbol {F}}={\begin{bmatrix}1&\gamma &0\\0&1&0\\0&0&1\end{bmatrix}}.

We can also write the deformation gradient as

{\boldsymbol {F}}={\boldsymbol {\mathit {1}}}+\gamma \mathbf {e} _{1}\otimes \mathbf {e} _{2}.

References

↑ Ogden, R. W. (1984). Non-Linear Elastic Deformations. Dover.

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Simple shear

Simple shear in solid mechanics

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