Tau xx — shear perpendicular to a surface ? (Fluid Dynamics with Olivier Cleynen)
Channel: Olivier Cleynen
Date: 2020-05-28

Tau xx, Tau yy and Tau zz are used in calculations for shear on a fluid particle. How is it possible that a shear component applies perpendicular to a surface?


Part of a series of theory and solved problem videos from https://fluidmech.ninja/
The slides in this video, with links to sources, are at https://fluidmech.ninja/slides/5v2.pdf