Shear flow

If you are referring to the technical term in physics then see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_flow

yes thank you, it is the physics expression

but I wondered if there is a common everyday meaning to it?

Anonymousbut I wondered if there is a common everyday meaning to it?

No, not that I know of. Do you have any more context?

thanks for answering

the context is that of a scientific paper and I'm looking for the right way to translate it:

«to study the rheology of a dilute suspension of particles in a shear flow.»

Anonymousthanks for answeringthe context is that of a scientific paper and I'm looking for the right way to translate it:«to study the rheology of a dilute suspension of particles in a shear flow.»

Oh, well, it's used in the scientific sense that I linked to then. It's a shame that the Wikipedia article doesn't seem to exist in other languages, otherwise you m

that's right, it doesn´t exist in my language (portuguese)

but you were very helpfull and I thank you very much!