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Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials
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Strength of Materials
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If failure in shear along \[45{}^\circ \] planes is to be avoided then a material subjected to uniaxial tension should have its shear strength equal to at least:
A)Tensile strength
B)Compressive strength
C)Half the difference between the tensile and compressive strengths