Section: Solid Mechanics | Marks: 2
A bar of cross sectional area, $A$, is loaded as shown in the figure. The normal stress on a section $a$-$a$ inclined at $45^\circ$ to the axis of the bar is
- A. tensile with a magnitude of $3P/2A$
- B. compressive with a magnitude of $3P/2A$
- C. tensile with a magnitude of $P/2A$
- D. compressive with a magnitude of $P/2A$