Using Shear Stress to Solve Elastic Mechanics Problems

This paper analyzes relationship between shear stress and normal stress. The conditions for introducing shear stress formulation were discussed, and a method to solve elastic mechanics problem using shear stress was introduced. It is proved that the problems, where the shear stress is zero or for beams having an independent on x, can be solved using shear stress. This method is simpler than conventional methods. Three examples were provided using shear stress to solve elastic mechanics problems.