Formulation of the element matrices and vectors for elasticity problem > A General Formula for the Stiffness Matrix > Plane stress

Thus is a condition that prevails in a flat plate in the xy plane, loaded only in its own plane and without z-direction restraint, so that

Then, constitutive matrix is:

		(28)

where E is the Young's modulus, ν the Poisson's ratio.

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