Thin Plates and Shells: Theory, Analysis, and Applications

Part 1 Thin plates: introduction the fundamentals of the small-deflection plate bending theory rectangular plates circular plates bending of plates of various shapes plate bending by approximate and numerical methods advanced topics buckling of plates vibration of plates. Part 2 Thin shells: introduction to the general linear shell theory geometry of the middle surface the general linear theory of thin shells the membrane theory of shells applications of the membrane theory to the analysis of shell structures moment theory of circular cylindrical shells the moment theory of shells of revolution approximate theories of shell analysis and their application advanced topics buckling of shells vibration of shells. Appendices: some reference data Fourier series expansion verification of relations of the theory of surfaces derivation of the strain-displacement relations verification of equilibrium equations.