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Once assigned a stress tensor (a

symmetric matrix

) and a direction (a unit vector

), Mohr's circle gives you explicit information concerning the traction

and the shear stress

in the plane normal to the direction

Contributed by: Stefano Vidoli

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Mohr's Circle