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A solution to the equations of shell theory
Author(s) -
Buchanan J. L.,
Gilbert R. P.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
mathematical methods in the applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-1476
pISSN - 0170-4214
DOI - 10.1002/mma.1670120405
Subject(s) - mathematics , torsion (gastropod) , hypercomplex number , algebra over a field , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics , geometry , quaternion , medicine , surgery
In this paper the Vekua‐Dikmen formulation of the equations of shell theory as a heirarchy are presented as a hypercomplex system. Using the function theory associated with this algebra the torsion problem is solved as an integral representation.