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  1. Merullo

    why use average shear stress instead of maximum?

    I'm selecting a bolt to carry a shear load. I'll be calculating shear stress and then comparing that to the bolt's shear strength to get my FOS for this static application. My question is - why is "average" shear stress used instead of "maximum" shear stress? average shear stress =...

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