"A bar of cross section A is subjected to equal and opposite tensile forces F at its ends. Consider

"A bar of cross section A is subjected to equal and opposite tensile forces F at its ends. Consider

"A bar of cross section A is subjected to equal and opposite tensile forces F at its ends. Consider a plane through the bar making an angle `theta` with a plane at right angles to the bar as shown in figure. The tensile stress at this plane in terms of F, A and `theta` is "