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Theories of Plates and Shells: Critical Review and New Applications

By H. Altenbach , P. A. Zhilin (auth.) , Professor Dr. Reinhold Kienzler , Dipl.-Ing Ingrid Ott , Professor Holm Altenbach (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2004
ISBN
978-3-642-05904-9, 978-3-540-39905-6
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-39905-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12273711 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics 16
Edition
1
Pages
238\257
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Structural Mechanics; Continuum Mechanics and Mech

Description

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 facilities and the improvement of commercial software packages on the other caused a reanimation of the scientific interest. In the present book the contributions of the participants of the EUROMECH Colloquium 444 "Critical Review of the Theories of Plates and Shells and New Applications" have been collected. The aim was to discuss the common roots of different plate and shell approaches, to review the current state of the art, and to develop future lines of research. Contributions were written by scientists with civil and mechanical engineering as well as mathematical and physical background.

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