Antiplane shear

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Antiplane shear or antiplane strain^[1] is a special state of strain in a body. This state of strain is achieved when the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but nonzero in the direction perpendicular to the plane. For small strains, the strain tensor under antiplane shear can be written as

${\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\varepsilon }}={\begin{bmatrix}0&0&\epsilon _{13}\\0&0&\epsilon _{23}\\\epsilon _{13}&\epsilon _{23}&0\end{bmatrix}}}$

where the ${\displaystyle 12\,}$ plane is the plane of interest and the ${\displaystyle 3\,}$ direction is perpendicular to that plane.