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Could someone help me explain this situation
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In summary, the conversation discusses the concept of shear force and its effects on the stability of a tower. The top of the tower accelerates faster than the bottom, and this difference in acceleration leads to a difference in shear force between the top and bottom. This difference can cause the mortar holding the bricks together to break, as each brick is pulling on the next with a limit to how much force can be exerted without breaking the mortar. This limit is known as the maximum shear force.
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Top/tip of the tower accelerates faster than bottom. Please read the lines inside ( ).
difference in shear force between bottom and top of the tower makes the tower to break.
Top/tip of the tower accelerates faster than bottom. Please read the lines inside ( ).
difference in shear force between bottom and top of the tower makes the tower to break.
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hi tukms! 
each brick is trying to pull the next brick, but there's a limit to how hard it can pull without the mortar (joining the bricks) breaking
that limit is the maximum shear force ("shear" means sideways to the join)
force = mass time acceleration, so if the acceleration is too large, then the force exceeeds the maximum shear force, and the mortar breaks
each brick is trying to pull the next brick, but there's a limit to how hard it can pull without the mortar (joining the bricks) breaking
that limit is the maximum shear force ("shear" means sideways to the join)
force = mass time acceleration, so if the acceleration is too large, then the force exceeeds the maximum shear force, and the mortar breaks
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