Q. According to Rankine's theory of failure, elastic failure occurs (Solved)
1. When the minor principal stress is equal to the elastic limits value in a simple tension test
2. When the greatest principal stress reaches the elastic limit value in simple tension test
3. When the greatest principal stress is equal to the stress corresponding to the upper yield limit in a tension test
4. None of the above
5. None of the above
- b. When the greatest principal stress reaches the elastic limit value in simple tension test