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Stress space
In continuum mechanics, Haigh–Westergaard stress space, or simply stress space is a 3-dimensional
space in which the three spatial axes represent the three principal stresses for a body subject to stress. This
space is named after Bernard Haigh and Harold M. Westergaard.

Functions of the principal stresses, such as the yield function, can be represented by surfaces in 'stress space. In
particular, the surface represented by von Mises yield function is a right circular cylinder, equiaxial to each of
the three stress axes.

In 2-dimensional models, stress space reduces to a plane and the von Mises yield surface reduces to an ellipse.

Visualisation of a Cauchy stress

tensor σ in the Haight-Westergaard
stress space

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