Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Dan on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 10:23pm.

Which one of the following stresses would be most likely to cause a bone to fracture?
A) tensile stress
B) compressive stress
C) sheer stress
D) bulk stress

Physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 10:34pm
Wouldn't sheer snap the bone?

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