Shear velocity, also called friction velocity, is a form by which a shear stress may be re-written in units of velocity. It is useful as a method in fluid...

Large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), also called large low-velocity provinces (LLVPs) or superplumes, are characteristic structures of parts of...

function of the flow velocity given any expression of the shear stress as function of the flow velocity. On the other hand, given a shear stress as function...

replacing the velocity term in the particle Reynolds number by the shear velocity, u ∗ {\displaystyle u_{*}} , which is a way of rewriting shear stress in...

hundreds of kilometers in diameter and tens of kilometers thick. Their shear wave velocities can be up to 30% lower than surrounding material. The composition...

shearing to the material. Shear rate is a measure of how the velocity changes with distance. The shear rate for a fluid flowing between two parallel plates,...

the Moon. Collision simulations support the idea that the large low-shear-velocity provinces in the lower mantle may be remnants of Theia. Theia is hypothesized...

aforementioned ratio u / y {\displaystyle u/y} is called the rate of shear deformation or shear velocity, and is the derivative of the fluid speed in the direction...

fluids and measures shear stress as a function of strain rate. The relationship between shear stress, strain rate and the velocity gradient for the power...

volumetric deformations and shear deformations. Hence, it is possible to generate sound waves with different velocities dependent on the deformation...

zero shear modulus. In homogeneous and isotropic solids, there are two kinds of waves, pressure waves and shear waves. The velocity of a shear wave,...

(also known as the logarithmic law of the wall) states that the average velocity of a turbulent flow at a certain point is proportional to the logarithm...

reservoir of very dense rock inside the Earth called the African large low-shear velocity province. The position of the anomaly can be that of the maximum magnetic...

position) of the flow velocity. In fluid mechanics it also can be described as the velocity gradient, a measure of how the velocity of a fluid changes between...

zone and appear to be dominated by the African and Pacific Large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVP). The uppermost section of the outer core is thought...

shear wave velocity calculations of pyrolitic lower mantle compositions considering minor elements resulted in a match with the PREM shear velocity profile...

seismology and other areas involving elastic waves, S waves, secondary waves, or shear waves (sometimes called elastic S waves) are a type of elastic wave and...

Group velocity Propagation delay Shear wave splitting Wave propagation Wave propagation speed Planck constant Speed of light Matter wave#Phase velocity Nemirovsky...

2011 suggests that due to the presence of relatively hot large low-shear-velocity provinces below Africa and the Pacific preventing convergent plate tectonics...

shear refers to the variation of wind velocity over either horizontal or vertical distances. Airplane pilots generally regard significant wind shear to...

In fluid dynamics, shear flow is the flow induced by a force in a fluid. In solid mechanics, shear flow is the shear stress over a distance in a thin-walled...

velocity cp = fλ = ω/k, and the group velocity cg = dω/dk, as functions of d/λ or fd. cl and ct are the longitudinal wave and shear wave velocities respectively...

anomalies beneath some hotspots. The best imaged of these are large low-shear-velocity provinces, or superplumes, visible on S-wave models of the lower mantle...

∗ {\displaystyle u_{*}} is the shear velocity If the upwards velocity is approximately equal to the settling velocity, sediment will be transported downstream...

fluids Shear rate, a gradient of velocity in a flowing material Shear line (meteorology), an area of wind shear Wind shear, a difference in wind speed or...

gradient, more specifically wind speed gradient or wind velocity gradient, or alternatively shear wind, is the vertical component of the gradient of the...

data show that mantle plumes can also be associated with Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs) and do move relative to each other. The current mantle...

large low-shear-velocity provinces and ultra low velocity zones. The top of the mantle is defined by a sudden increase in seismic velocity, which was...

Shear strength is a term used in soil mechanics to describe the magnitude of the shear stress that a soil can sustain. The shear resistance of soil is...

occurred twice. Dzhanibekov effect Large low-shear-velocity provinces Low-velocity zone Ultra low velocity zone Inner core super-rotation Intermediate...