Aerospace Engineering
2021 · Paper 1
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Question 9
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The shape of a supersonic diffuser that slows down a supersonic flow to subsonic flow is
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Uniaxial tension test (see the figure) is conducted on two different samples prepared with homogeneous, isotropic materials. One of the materials is brittle, whereas the other is ductile.

Assuming that there is no stress concentration at loading points, the failure would initiate:
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For the state of stress as shown in the figure, what is the orientation of the plane with maximum shear stress with respect to the x-axis?

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