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According to Rankine's theory of failure, elastic failure occurs

[A].	When the minor principal stress is equal to the elastic limits value in a simple tension test	[B].	When the greatest principal stress reaches the elastic limit value in simple tension test
[C].	When the greatest principal stress is equal to the stress corresponding to the upper yield limit in a tension test	[D].	None of the above

Answer: Option B