An elastic body is subjected to a tensile stress X in a particular dir...
Explanation:
When a body is subjected to tensile stress X in one direction and compressive stress Y in its perpendicular direction, then the stresses acting on the body can be represented as shown in the figure below:
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On the plane of maximum shear stress, the stresses acting on the body are shear stress and normal stresses. Let us consider a small element on the plane of maximum shear stress as shown in the figure below:
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The stresses acting on this element can be resolved into normal and shear stresses as shown in the figure below:
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From the figure, we can see that the normal stresses acting on the element are not equal and the shear stress acting on the element is maximum. Hence, on the plane of maximum shear stress in the body, there will be both normal stress and shear stress.
Therefore, option D is the correct answer.