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A carpenter glues a pair of cylindrical wooden logs by bonding their end faces at an angle of θ = 30° as shown in the figure.The glue used at the interface fails ifCriterion 1: the maximum normal stress exceeds 2.5 MPa.Criterion 2: the maximum shear stress exceeds 1.5 MPa.Assume that the interface fails before the logs fail. When a uniform tensile stress of 4 MPa is applied, the interface |
A. | fails only because of criterion 1 |
B. | fails only because of criterion 2 |
C. | fails because of both criteria 1 and 2 |
D. | does not fail |
Answer» D. does not fail | |