1. The document discusses the 2-D formulation of plane theory of elasticity, including plane strain and plane stress. It introduces the field equations, compatibility equations, and equilibrium equations for both plane strain and plane stress.
2. It describes the Airy stress function method, which reduces the general plane problem to a single biharmonic equation in terms of the stress function.
3. It provides examples of using polynomial solutions to solve 2-D problems, including using a quadratic Airy stress function to model pure bending of a beam and comparing to the beam theory solution.