Computational Mechanics of Nonlinear Response of Shells

Shell structures and their components are applied in many engineering fields. Designers are attaching ever increasing importance to nonlinear responses such as large deformations, instabilities and nonlinear material properties in their design analysis. This volume presents a careful selection of papers from the ICES '88 Conference covering various aspects of nonlinear shell responses.

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1: Large Deformation and Large Rotation Theories.- Into Finite-Rotation Shell Theories and Their Operator Formulation.- Formulation and Computational Aspects of a Stress Resultant Geometrically Exact Shell Model.- Elastic-Plastic Analysis of Thin Shells and Folded Plate Structures with Finite Rotations.- On the Optention of the Tangent Matrix for Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis Using Continuum Based Beam/Shell Finite Elements.- 2: Instability and Nonlinear Responses of Shells.- Fundamentals of Numerical Algorithms for Static and Dynamic Instability Phenomena of Thin Shells.- Numerical Aspects of Shell Stability Analysis.- Dynamic Stability Analysis of Shell Structures.- Free Formulation Elements with Drilling Freedoms for Stability Analysis of Shells.- Stability of Dynamically Loaded Structures.- 3: New Finite Element Derivations for Nonlinear Shell Analysis.- Analysis of Finitely-Deformed Shells Using Low-Order Mixed Models.- A New Mixed Finite Element for Analysis of Axisymmetric Inelastic Shells.- An Assumed Strain Mixed Formulation for Nonlinear Shells.- Refined Finite Element Laminated Models for the Static and Dynamic Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Anisotropic Shells.- On the Use of Bubble Modes in Mixed Plate and Shell Finite Elements for Laminated Composites.- 4: Specific Applications of Nonlinear Shell Concepts.- Nonlinear Shell Analysis of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters.- Nonlinear Analysis of Aircraft Tires Via Semianalytic Finite Elements.- Finite Element Analysis of Rubber Membranes.- Long-Time Deformations and Creepbuckling of Prestressed Concrete Shells.