The Materials and Methods section is a vital component of any formal lab report. This section of the report gives a detailed account of the procedure that was followed in completing the experiment(s) discussed in the report.
shear flow. Definitions: 1. a flow of a material in which parallel planes in the material are displaced in a direction parallel to each other. The definition information for shear flow is provided by Stedman's.
Speed Shear. The component of wind shear which is due to a change in wind speed with height, e.g., southwesterly winds of 20 mph at 10,000 feet increasing to 50 mph at 20,000 feet. Speed shear is an important factor in severe weather development, especially in the middle and upper levels of the atmosphere.