Pick out the wrong statement?

A. The tensile strength of a brittle material is less than its compressive strength

B. The compressive strength of a ductile material is less than its tensile strength

C. The value of crushing load is more than that of buckling load for long columns

D. In a thick cylindrical shell, the hoop stress is maximum at the inner radius

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