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Traction is force acting on an area in any direction other than normal.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

This key question is from Beams and Frames topic in portion Beams and Frames of Finite Element Method

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The correct answer is (a) True

To elaborate: Traction is force acting on an area in any direction other than normal. The force acting on an area in normal direction is called as pressure. Traction is boundary condition applied where force acting on a surface is not normal to the surface such as friction and drag.

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