GATE2016-3-8

Question

T he state of stress at a point on an element is shown in figure (a). The same state of stress is shown in another coordinate system in figure (b).

The components $(\tau _{xx},\tau_{yy},\tau _{xy})$  are given by

• A. $(p/\sqrt{2},-p/\sqrt{2},0)$
• B. $(0,0,p)$
• C. $(p,-p,p/\sqrt{2})$
• D. $(0,0,p/\sqrt{2})$