Answer to Question #274934 in Physics for Dhea

Question #274934

The diatortion of the earth's crust is an example of shear on a large scale. A particular rock has a shear modulus of 1.5 time 10 raised to 10. What shear stress is appliad when a 10km layer of rock is sheared a distance of 5 m.?

Expert's answer

1.55\cdot10^{10}=\frac{10000\sigma}{5}\\\sigma=7.75\cdot10^{6}\ Pa

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