The aim of this paper is to provide a suitable formulation for obtaining an exact answer, for stress analysis of structure with linear elastic behavior. This structure is assumed to be continuous and has unique solution. All the required partial differential equations, namely the equilibrium and compatibility equations, are satisfied. Moreover, the boundary conditions are fulfilled during the solution process. A few available benchmark problems along with some proposal ones are solved analytically, as well as, numerically. Besides, the presented formulas are checked both mathematically and by using a computer program. It is concluded that authors’ scheme offers the advantage of generality and accuracies in comparison to the numerical techniques.

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