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Due to the pure bending deformation, the longitudinal () strain varies () from () at the neutral axis to a maximum at the outer fibers of the beam.
A.normal; linearly; zero
B.shear; nonlinearly; zero
C.normal; linearly; maximum
D.shear; nonlinearly; zero