Plate and Shell Structures Selected Analytical and Finite Element Solutions

Maria Radwanska

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This book deals with the mechanics and numerical simulations of plates and shells, which are flat and curved thin-walled structures, respectively (called shell structures for short in this book). They have very important applications as complete structures or structural elements in many branches of engineering. Examples of shell structures in civil and mechanical engineering include slabs, vaults, roofs, domes, chimneys, cooling towers, pipes, tanks, containers, and pressure vessels; in shipbuilding – ship and submarine hulls, in the vehicle and aerospace industries – automobile bodies and tires and the wings and fuselages of airplanes. The scope of the book is limited to the presentation of the theory of elastic plates and shells undergoing small deformation (thus assuming linear constitutive and kinematic equations).