It's obvious to me that you do not understand the word "Shear". Shear is any direction. It just depends on what plane it is in. In the case of bridge pins/bridges it is horizontal shear or sideways shear. Get it? Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) I'm never lost, because everyone is telling me where to go. <G>
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