Publisher's Synopsis
For one-semester, graduate-level courses in Introduction to Theory of Shells and Plates. This is the only text to offer concise, unified physical interpretations of the fundamental engineering aspects of shell and plate behavior. Designed to help students develop the physical and mathematical understanding required to perform analysis and design in an interactive computer-assisted environment, it uses an approach based on Vector Calculus (reducing the need for complicated trigonometry) and provides examples from many fields.
