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Fig. 2.2
a Three-dimensional stress components. b Stress vector acting on a plane with normal
vector n
Fig. 2.3
Stress tensor transformation and respective angles
Let P be an interest point of a considered stressed body. There are at least three
planes, orthogonal with each other, crossing P where the corresponding stress
vector is normal to the plane. These planes are called principal planes and the
