Simple shear

Simple shear is a deformation in which parallel planes in a material remain parallel and maintain a constant distance, while translating relative to each other. Simple shear is a deformation in which parallel planes in a material remain parallel and maintain a constant distance, while translating relative to each other. In fluid mechanics, simple shear is a special case of deformation where only one component of velocity vectors has a non-zero value: And the gradient of velocity is constant and perpendicular to the velocity itself: where γ ˙ {displaystyle {dot {gamma }}} is the shear rate and: