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stress-strain curves

Figure 4: Principal stresses (see text).

Figure 3: The force TdS acting on an arbitrarily inclined face (whose outward unit normal vector is n). Stress vectors T(−1), T(−2), and T(−3) act on the faces perpendicular to the coordinate axes.

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stress-strain curves

Figure 4: Principal stresses (see text).

Figure 3: The force TdS acting on an arbitrarily inclined face (whose outward unit normal vector is n). Stress vectors T(−1), T(−2), and T(−3) act on the faces perpendicular to the coordinate axes.

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