2. Maximum strain at the level of compression steel for a rectangular section having effective cover to compression steel as d' and neutral axis depth from compression face as xu is
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9. The basic assumption of plane sections normal to the neutral axis before bending, remaining plane and normal to the neutral axis after bending, leads to :
Options
A. uniform strain over the beam cross section
B. uniform stress over the cross section
C. linearly varying strain over the cross section
D. stresses which are proportional to strains at all cross sections