Due to its easy writing style, this is the most accessible book on the market. It provides comprehensive coverage
of both plates and shells and a unique blend of modern analytical and computer-oriented numerical methods in presenting
stress analysis in a realistic setting. Distinguished by its broad range of exceptional visual interpretations
of the solutions, applications, and means by which loads are carried in beams, plates and shells. Combining the
modern-numerical, mechanics of materials, and theory of elasticity methods of analysis, it provides an in-depth
and complete coverage of the subject, not explored by other texts. Its flexible organization allows instructors
to more easily pick and choose topics they want to cover, depending on their course needs. Students are exposed
to both the theory and the latest applications to various structural elements. Two new chapters on the fundamentals
provide a stronger foundation for understanding the material. An increased emphasis on computer tools, and updated
problems, examples, and references, expose students to the latest information in the field.
Table of Contents
1 Basic Concepts
2 Stress Analysis of Simple Members
3 Elements of Plate Bending Theory
4 Circular Plates
5 Rectangular Plates
6 Plates of Various Geometrical Forms
7 Numerical Methods
8 Anisotropic Plates
9 Plates Under Combined Lateral and In-Plane Loads
10 Large Deflections of Plates
11 Thermal Stresses in Plates
12 Membrane Stresses in Shells
13 Bending Stresses in Shells
14 Applications to Pipes, Tanks, and Pressure Vessels
15 Cylindrical Shells Under General Loads
Appendixes
