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It is necessary to adopt a sign convention when using a rectangular or cartesian set of axes. A right-handed system will be adopted here. This means that if the axes are taken in the sequence Ox, Oy, Oz, Ox etc. and the directions of any two of the axes are chosen, then the direction of the third axis will be given by the right-handed-screw rule.
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Todd, J.D. (1981). Elementary Elasticity, Plasticity and Bending of Beams. In: Structural Theory and Analysis. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16598-8_3
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