Theory and analysis of elastic plates and shells. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J.N. Reddy.
• Other Names: Reddy, J. N (Junuthula Narasimha), 1945-; Reddy, J. N (Junuthula Narasimha), 1945-
• Contents: PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ; VECTORS, TENSORS, AND EQUATIONS OF ELASTICITY; Introduction; Vectors, Tensors, and Matrices; Equations of Elasticity; Transformation of Stresses, Strains, and Stiffnesses; ; ENERGY PRINCIPLES AND VARIATIONAL METHODS; Virtual Work; Energy Principles; Castigliano's Theorems; Variational Methods; ; CLASSICAL THEORY OF PLATES; Introduction; Assumptions of the Theory; Displacement Field and Strains; Equations of Motion; Boundary and Initial Conditions; Plate Stiffness Coefficients; Stiffness Coefficients of Orthotropic Plates; Equations of Motion in Terms of Displacements; ; ANALYSIS OF PLATE STRIPS; Introduction; Governing Equations; Bending Analysis; Buckling under Inplane Compressive Load; Free Vibration; Transient Analysis; ; ANALYSIS OF CIRCULAR PLATES; Introduction; Governing Equations; Axisymmetric Bending; Asymmetrical Bending; Free Vibration; Axisymmetric Buckling; ; BENDING OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED RECTANGULAR PLATES; Introduction; Navier Solutions; Lévy's Solutions; ; BENDING OF RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH VARIOUS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; Introduction ; Lévy Solutions; Approximate Solutions by the Ritz Method; ; GENERAL BUCKLING OF RECTANGULAR PLATES; Buckling of Simply Supported Plates under Compressive Loads; Buckling of Plates Simply Supported along Two Opposite Sides and Compressed in the Direction Perpendicular to Those Sides; Buckling of Rectangular Plates Using the Ritz Method; ; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF RECTANGULAR PLATES; Introduction; Natural Vibration of Simply Supported Plates; Natural Vibration of Plates with Two Parallel Sides Simply Supported; Natural Vibration of Plates with General Boundary Conditions; Transient Analysis; ; SHEAR DEFORMATION PLATE THEORIES; First-Order Shear Deformation Plate Theory; The Navier Solutions of FSDT; The Third-Order Plate Theory; The Navier Solutions of TSDT; Relationships between Solutions of Classical and Shear Deformation Theories; ; THEORY AND ANALYSIS OF SHELLS; Introduction; Governing Equations; Analytical Solutions of Thin Cylindrical Shells; Analytical Solutions of Shells with Double Curvature; Vibration and Buckling of Circular Cylinders; ; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF PLATES; Introduction; Finite Element Models of CPT; Finite Element Models of FSDT; Nonlinear Finite Element Models; ; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; ; Summaries and Problems appear in every chapter.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 624.1776; Elastic plates and shells
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780849384165; 0849384168
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