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About This Question

Subject
physics
Chapter
properties of solids and liquids
Topic
shear modulus
Difficulty
Medium
Year
2025
Tags
ShearModulus

Solution

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Shear stress to shear strain

Shear Modulus (also known as Modulus of Rigidity, or ) characterizes a material's resistance to a shape change while keeping the volume constant. It is the ratio of tangential (shear) stress to shear strain: where is the angle of shear (displacement divided by height). Liquids and gases cannot support shear stress, so their shear modulus is effectively zero.

This medium difficulty physics question is from the chapter properties of solids and liquids, covering the topic of shear modulus. It appeared in the 2025 exam.

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