What does the Wallace – Bott hypothesis postulate?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The Wallace – Bott hypothesis postulates that slip on a planar fracture occurs along the greatest resolved shear stress on that plane

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.

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