plane stress condition (Q6775595)

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

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    σ33=σ13=σ31=σ32=σ23=0
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    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
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