2. When a body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (?) in one plane, then normal stress on an oblique section of the body inclined at an angle ? to the normal of the section is
5. A steel bar 2 m long, 20 mm wide and 10 mm thick is subjected to a pull of 2 kN. If the same bar is subjected to a push of 2 kN, the Poission's ratio of the bar in tension will be __________ the Poisson's ratio for the bar in compression.