When a key experiences both lateral pressure and shearing forces, what is the term used to describe these pressures?

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25 Jan 2019
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The pressures acting on a key due to side loads and shearing forces are known as bearing stresses. Fatigue stresses relate to repeated loading, crushing stresses refer to compressive failure, and resultant stresses combine multiple stress types but do not specifically describe the pressures on a key.

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