Plane stress condition

In continuum mechanics, a material is under plane stress if the stress vector is zero across a particular plane.

Description

When that situation occurs over an entire element of a structure, as is often the case for thin plates, the stress analysis is considerably simplified, as the stress state can be represented by a tensor of dimension 2

Formula(s) and Quantity(-ies)

$σ_{33} = σ_{13} = σ_{31} = σ_{32} = σ_{23} = 0$
$σ$ represents stress tensor

Further link(s)

Item	Property
Hooke's law (linear elasticity)	assumes

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