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• This equation shows that will be zero when either or is equal to 0o.

• When both and are equal to 45o, the shear component is maximum and we have, in this case,

• The angle between any two directions a and b can be obtained from the scalar product of these vectors:

or

(11.10)

(11.11)

(11.12)

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