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For components made of ductile materials like steel, subjected to static loading which of the following strength is used as a failure of criterion?

(a) Yield strength

(b) Ultimate strength

(c) Endurance limit

(d) None of the mentioned

I need to solve this question that I got at a job interview.

My query is from the Modes of Failure & Stresses section in lesson Design Against Static Load of Machine Design

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Accurate answer is (a) Yield strength

Discover the easiest explanation: In elastic material there is considerable plastic deformation at yielding point.

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