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The problem of the determination at any point P in a body of that pair of infinitesimal material line elements which suffers the maximum shear in a deformation has been solved [1]. Here that problem is revisited and a short proof, of geometrical type, of the result is presented.
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Boulanger, P., Hayes, M. A Note on Maximum Shear. Journal of Elasticity 69, 215–222 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1027353125896
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