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Grade 11Mechanics

what happened to a body when longutiunal stress and shearing stress both are appled in same time ?

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10 Years agoGrade 11
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10 Years ago
Longitudinal stress will cause change in ‘length’ of the body while shearing stress will cause change in ‘shape’ of the body hence both will occur simultaneously.