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A material has an ultimate stress of 400 MPa and is designed with a factor of safety of 2. What is the allowable stress?
- 200
- 800
- 398
- 133.33
Answer
A. 200
Solution
Allowable stress = Ultimate stress / Factor of safety = 400 / 2 = 200 MPa.
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