${\sigma _x}$ and ${\sigma _y}$ is the normal stress, ${\tau _{xy}}$ is the shear stress acts on the x edge in the $y$ direction, ${\tau _{yx}}$ is the shear stress acts on the $y$ edge in the $x$ direction. Represented by the vector column matrix as follows. And general definitions of normal and shear strins as follows. Represented by the vector column matrix as follows. For plane stress, the a..