Theories of Plates and Shells Critical Review and New Applications

Plate and shell theories experienced a renaissance in recent years. The potentials of smart materials, the challenges of adaptive structures, the demands of thin-film technologies and more on the one hand and the availability of newly developed mathematical tools, the tremendous increase in computer...

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Other Authors: Kienzler, Reinhold (Editor), Altenbach, Holm (Editor), Ott, Ingrid (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Theory of Simple Elastic Shells
  • Geometric Boundary Layers in Shells With Mixed Type
  • FEM and Time Stepping Procedures in Non-Linear Dynamics of Flexible Branched Shell Structures
  • Dynamic Stiffness Vibration Analysis for Higher Order Plate Models
  • Anisotropic Thermo-Creep-Damage in 3D Thick Plate vs. Reissner’s Approach
  • On a Fast Method for Buckling Load Calculations of Incomplete Ribbed Shells
  • Adaptive Wavelet-Algorithms for Inelastic Shells
  • On the Effect of Transverse Core Compressibility on the Buckling of Sandwich Shells
  • Drape Simulation of Flexible Structures
  • Universal Dynamic Theory of Shells
  • On Consistent Second-Order Plate Theories
  • 2-D Model of Stressed Plate Derived From the 3-D Elasticity Theory Model
  • Thickness Flexible Theory With Generalized Core Warping for Plane Sandwich Structures
  • On the Finite Element Analysis of Layered Structures With Thin Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors
  • Free Waves in Incoherent Slabs
  • Inelastic Behaviour of Stepped Square Plates
  • An Assessment of Classical and Refined Plate Theories Derived From the Principle of Virtual Displacements
  • Stochastic Finite Element Analysis of Plates. Theory and Application.
  • On Nonlinear Theory of Rigid-Flexible Shells Without the Kirchhoff Hypotheses
  • Shell and Solid Type Finite Element Analysis of Creep in Thin-Walled Structures
  • An Asymptotic Model for Long-Wave Symmetric Motion of a Pre-Stressed Incompressible Plate With Fixed Faces
  • Construction of the Theory of Piezoelectric Shells and Plates
  • Boundary Layers Near the Reflected and Transmitted Dilatational Wave Fronts in a Composite Cylindrical Shell
  • On Some Interior and Boundary Effects in Thin Plates Based on the Asymmetric Theory of Elasticity
  • On the Numerical Simulation of Thin Textile ReinforcedConcrete Layers for the Strengthening of Shell Structures Using a Surface-Related Shell Theory
  • Refined Wave Theories of Plates and Shells
  • On Dynamics of Thin Plates With a Periodic Structure
  • Critical Review of the Contemporary State of the Theory and Design Methods of Ribbed Plates and Shells