TY - BOOK ID - 53399220 TI - Shell theory PY - 1985 SN - 0444876405 0444599096 1299282474 9780444599094 9780444876409 PB - Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, DB - UniCat KW - Shells (Engineering) KW - Structural shells KW - Elastic plates and shells KW - Structural analysis (Engineering) KW - Plates (Engineering) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:53399220 AB - This account of the theory of plates and shells is written primarily as a textbook for graduate students in mechanical and civil engineering.The unified treatment of shells of arbitrary shape is accomplished by tensor analysis. This useful tool is introduced in the first chapter, and no knowledge of advanced mathematical methods is required. The general theory developed in the first eight chapters is applied in the remaining part to thin elastic plates and shells with special emphasis on engineering methods and engineering applications. A number of detailed examples illustrate the theo ER -