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iggybaseball
Oct26-05, 09:57 PM
On a homework assignment where a device contains three pin connections, we are asked to find the shear stress on two of the pins ( single shear) and a third which is experiencing double shear. For the single shear, I just took the force being applied at the pin connection and divided it by the surface area of the pin to get the average shear stress. However, what do I do if a pin has double shear stress? Thanks you.

Cyclovenom
Oct26-05, 10:07 PM
When there are two shear planes, each of the shear forces is equal to half of the total load V = \frac{P}{2} .

iggybaseball
Oct26-05, 10:37 PM
what does V and p stand for just to clarify?

Cyclovenom
Oct26-05, 11:33 PM
V is the shear force and P is the applied force.