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Download Solution PDFThe normal stress across the principal plane is known as
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Principal planes and principal stresses:
- The planes, which have no shear stress, are known as principal planes.
- The principal planes are the planes of zero shear stress.
- These planes carry only normal stresses.
- The normal stresses, acting on a principal plane, are known as principal stresses.
Hence option (3) is the correct answer.
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