A simply supported wood beam (L 5 5 m) with rectangular cross section (b 5 200 mm, h 5 280 mm) car- ries uniform load q 5 6.5 kN/m includes the weight of the beam. The maximum flexural stress is approximately:

(A) 8.7 MPa

(B) 10.1 MPa

(C) 11.4 MPa

(D) 14.3 MPa


(C) 11.4 MPa

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