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What is sheerwood? And why is it important.

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Local shear failure occurs when the shear stresses parallel to the grain, i.e. shear stresses acting in the longitudinal-tangential (LT) or longitudinal-radial (LR) planes, exceed the shear strength of the beam. The shear strength of a wood member is difficult to quantify.

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