Question

Models based on Andrea Liu and Sidney Nagel’s article “Jamming is not just cool any more” use a phase space of temperature, inverse density, and this quantity to analyze the jamming phase transition in granular materials. (10[1])The critical value of this quantity resolved to a particular plane in a crystal is given by Schmid’s law. For beams with a rectangular or circular cross section, this quantity (10[1])reaches its maximum value at the neutral axis. (10[1])The Tresca criterion (-5[1])is based on when the largest component (-5[1])of this quantity (-5[1])reaches a specified critical value. (10[1]-5[1])This quantity equals “torsion (10[1])over the polar moment of inertia,” all times “the radial distance to the surface in question” for a shaft subjected to torque. (10[1])Components of this quantity are the off-diagonal elements of the Cauchy (10[2])(“KOH-shee”) tensor. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, tau denotes (10[1])what (10[1]-5[1])quantity that is the force per area (10[1]-5[2])of a force parallel to the surface of a solid? (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[4])

ANSWER: shear stress [accept shear force or shear load until “force” is read; prompt on stress; prompt on load or force until “force” is read]
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Eric WolfsbergStanford ACornell A3510
Matt SchiavonePurdue AMinnesota B6510
Katherine LeiMIT AMinnesota A7310
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ABrown A76-5
Maximillian NieburJohns Hopkins AFlorida B83-5
Daniel YangChicago BDuke A86-5
Graham CopeFlorida AYale A91-5
Ted GanPenn State AVirginia A9110
Connor BlakeChicago CNorth Carolina A9510
Alex LiGeorgia Tech AMaryland A11710
Carlos DoebeliImperial ANYU A12810
Raul PassementTexas AIndiana A12810
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BRutgers B129-5
Richard NiuCornell BToronto A12910
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AUC Berkeley A12910
JD KrothIowa State AClaremont A13410
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AUC Berkeley B13510
Danny HanPenn AIllinois A135-5
Alan XieYale BGeorgia Tech B142-5
Pranav SivaramOhio State AChicago A142-5
Geoffrey WuColumbia AHarvard A14210
Yash MandaviaIllinois APenn A15210
Jason HongBrown AWUSTL A15310
Jerry LinDuke AChicago B15310
Daniel MaYale AFlorida A15310
Jeya IyaduraiFlorida BJohns Hopkins A15310
Todd MaslykMichigan AHouston A1530
Sean DoyleHouston AMichigan A1530
Max ChemtovMcGill ASouth Carolina A15310
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BYale B1530
Adam FineChicago AOhio State A1530