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tensione di scorrimento

English translation: shear

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Italian term or phrase:tensione di scorrimento
English translation:shear
Entered by: Anthony Green

06:33 Oct 7, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / pumps
Italian term or phrase: tensione di scorrimento
"La viscosità di un liquido è la sua proprietà di trasmettere **tensioni di scorrimento**. Per questa movimentazione si deve vincere una forza d’attrito F convertibile in **tensione di scorrimento** τ = F/A."

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Anthony Green
Italy
Local time: 04:16
shear
Explanation:
Viscosity is defined by the shear rate in a liquid.
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Kari Foster
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:16
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Many thanks, especially to Gian for the agree
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3 +1shear
Kari Foster
3slip strain
Gian


  

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slip strain


Explanation:

Lo scorrimento viscoso (creep) nei metalli puri e nelle soluzioni solide . 7. 1.4 ...... (b) Cross slip. Consiste .... tensione di prova, tramite una legge (power law) del tipo: n s. A o σ .... meccanismo, che ha uno **strain** rate maggiore di tutti gli altri. ...
ai modelli coesivi e di aderenza-scorrimento più utilizzati nelle analisi numeriche. ... to define stresses and strains in steel and concrete, taking into account both the ... tensione e di deformazione nel calcestruzzo e nell'acciaio in un concio, ...



Gian
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Asker: Thanks Gian. I am wondering, though, whether we would use the same terms for fluids in pipes as for solids

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shear


Explanation:
Viscosity is defined by the shear rate in a liquid.


Kari Foster
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Many thanks, especially to Gian for the agree

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agree  Gian: A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid whose flow properties differ in any way from those of Newtonian fluids. Most commonly the viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids is not independent of shear rate or shear rate history. **From Wikipedia**
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