Explain why shear strength of brittle materials is low.
What will be an ideal response?
Shear stress creates tension along one diagonal of a beam's cross section and compression along the opposite diagonal. Because a brittle material is weak in tension, a brittle material is also weak in shear.
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What will be an ideal response?
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).