The failure load is

Question

A rod with cross – sectional area  $100\times 10^{-6}m^{2}$ is subjected to a tensile load. Based on the Tresca failure criterion, if the uniaxial yield stress of the material is 200MPa, the failure load is     

(a) 10kN                                       (b) 20kN              

(c) 100kN                                    (d) 200kN