Mohr's Circle

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Mohr's Circle for 2D

Mohr's circle is a tool for analyzing element stress. The drawing below shows mohr's circle and some of the relavent points of interest.

Mohrs circle.png

Given a state of stress, , we can calculate the principle stresses,

Mohr's Circle for 3D