Theories of Plates and Shells Critical Review and New Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kienzler, Reinhold (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Altenbach, Holm (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ott, Ingrid (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, 16
• Subjects: Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Solid Mechanics.

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...