The figure shows a vertical bar of width 50 millimeters fixed to the ceiling. An inclined plane labeled a a is shown and it is at an angle of 36 degrees with respect to the vertical and 54 degrees with respect to the horizontal. The load P on the inclined surface is directed vertically downwards and it is resolved into a vector v parallel to the inclined surface and a vector N perpendicular to the inclined surface.

If the shear stress on section a-a is 25 MPa, then the shear force component V can be computed as:

τ=VAa-a       V=τ Aa-aV=(25 N/mm2)(850.65 mm2)  =21,266.25 N  =21.266 kN