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A body is subjected to a direct tensile stress of 300 MPa in one plane accompanied by a simple shear stress of 200 MPa. The maximum normal stress on the plane will be

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  1. 100 MPa
  2. 200 MPa
  3. 300 MPa
  4. 400 MPa

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Option 4 : 400 MPa
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Concept:

The maximum and minimum normal stress id given by

Where, σx and σy are direct stress and τxy is the shear stress

Calculation:

Given, Direct stress σx = 300 MPa, τxy = 200 MPa

Now maximum normal stress  

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