A spiral spring is stretched by a weight attached to it. The strain is
A
shear
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B
elastic
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C
tensile
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D
bulk
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Solution
The correct option is B tensile It's normal to the cross-section and causes bending which induces tensile as well as compressive stresses in it. Thus the correct answer is C.