Universal languages and scientific taxonomy in the seventeenth century

Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Organization and Committees......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
General lectures......Page 18
Developments in strength and stability of shell components used in submersibles......Page 20
Recent developments in the analysis of carbon nanotubes and nonlinear shell theories......Page 28
Recent developments in the theory of nonlinearly elastic plates and shells......Page 36
Modeling of failure mechanisms in laminated composite shell structures......Page 42
Recent improvements in formulation of mixed and mixed/enhanced shell elements......Page 52
Theoretical modelling......Page 62
On the shell and plate theories with surface stresses......Page 64
On evolution of notion of the capillarity tensor......Page 68
Continuous dependence and instability in the linear theory of elastic shells......Page 72
The free material optimization of elastic plates and membrane shells. The case of two loading conditions......Page 76
On tension of a two-phase elastic tube......Page 80
Modelling of thin functionally graded shells......Page 84
Compression of nonlinear elastic membranes between rigid surfaces......Page 88
On exact two-dimensional kinematics for the branching shells......Page 92
Stiffness maximization of plates and shells made of elastic material with fixed Kelvin moduli......Page 96
The dynamic modelling of thin skeletonal shallow shells......Page 100
Modeling of carbon nanotubes with the use of thin shell theory......Page 104
The Reissner-Mindlin plate is the -limit of Cosserat elasticity......Page 108
On displacemental version of the non–linear theory of thin shells......Page 112
Towards a theory of shells of variable thickness......Page 116
Nonlinear Saint-Venant problem of torsion and tension of the cylindrical shell......Page 120
Stability......Page 124
Buckling of circular ring joint with cylindrical shell......Page 126
Stability of roof trusses stiffened by corrugated sheets......Page 130
Elastic-plastic stability analysis of unbalanced sandwich cylindrical shells under longitudinal and shear loading......Page 134
Stability equations for thin elastic barelled shells under external pressure......Page 138
Influence of the axial mode on interactive buckling of thin-walled channels......Page 142
Refined results on buckling of the axially compressed circular cylinder......Page 146
Static and kinetic limit loads of spherical shells......Page 150
Imperfection sensitivity of multilayered composite shells......Page 154
Stability of elastic cylindrical micropolar shells subject to combined loads......Page 158
Tests on the buckling capacity of cylindrical shells under circumferential imperfection......Page 162
Numerical stability analysis of shell structures revisited......Page 166
Axisymmetric imperfections interaction effect on the buckling of cylindrical shells......Page 170
Dynamics......Page 174
Modeling of vibration of pre-stressed liquid filled tank......Page 176
Nonlinear dynamics of shallow shells with complex base coupled to quiescent fluid......Page 180
Vibrations of composite fibre-reinforced beam induced by inertialess moving load......Page 184
Non-linear FEM analysis of earthquake-induced pounding between two buildings modelled by shell elements......Page 188
Investigation of nonlinear dissipative chaotic dynamics of plates and shells......Page 192
Influence of HE location on elastic-plastic tube response under blast loading......Page 196
Elasto-plastic dynamic response of thin-walled columns subjected to pulse compression......Page 200
Free vibrations of cylindrical shells with delaminations......Page 204
Influence of rotation velocity of a thick-walled pipe on its corrosive wear......Page 208
Experiments on damage development in metallic plates subjected to explosions......Page 212
Free vibrations of shell rotor blades in a compressor......Page 216
Dynamic and tomography analysis of granular flow in cylindrical shell......Page 220
Dynamic behaviour of thin annular plates made from functionally graded material......Page 224
Wave propagation in the periodically ribbed elastic plates......Page 228
Dynamic analysis of functionally graded cylindrical shell with finite length......Page 232
Numerical analysis......Page 236
Analysis of bearing capacity of cylindrical panel subjected to corrosion......Page 238
Numerical simulation of local instabilities of membranes reinforced with cables......Page 242
Laminated shells in nonlinear six-parameter shell theory......Page 246
Inf-sup condition tests for shell/plate finite elements......Page 250
Application of discrete Fourier series in the boundary value problems of plates and shells......Page 254
Static problems for noncircular cylindrical shells: Classical and refined theories......Page 258
Solving stationary problems of shell theory with allowance for transverse reduction......Page 262
Multiscale modeling for cancellous bone by using shell elements......Page 266
Three-node planar DCT type finite element in nonlinear shell analysis......Page 270
Non-linear geometrically exact solid-shell element under follower loads......Page 274
A thermopiezomechanical finite rotation shell element......Page 278
On an efficient implementation of ‘Solid-Shell’ finite elements with quadratic shape functions for explicit time integration......Page 282
The helicoidal modeling in the approximation of shell structures mechanics......Page 286
Remarks on the selective reduced integration in 9-node shell elements......Page 290
Engineering design......Page 294
Plastic limit load of piping branched junctions under pure bending moment......Page 296
Numerical modelling of the hysteretic behaviour of piezoactuated structures......Page 300
Influence of geometric imperfections on capacities of silo structures loaded with pressure below atmospheric......Page 304
Metamodels in optimisation of plywood sandwich panels......Page 308
Safety of defected cooling tower shell......Page 312
Strength of stiffened hybrid steel girders under shear......Page 316
Form-finding of textile hanging roof of Opera Lesna open-air theatre in Sopot......Page 320
Strength analysis of a scissors-AVLB type bridge......Page 324
A FEM membrane model of human fascia – Synthetic implant system in a case of a stiff ventral hernia orifice......Page 328
Collapse mechanics in externally loaded pressure vessels with simulated corrosion damage......Page 332
Experimental research and integrated modelling with shell finite elements for sheet roof covering......Page 336
Limit load of the panel with elliptical opening......Page 340
Global approach in modelling of riveted joints......Page 344
A method for response of stiffened panels subject to combined loading......Page 348
Updating of steel plate FE model on experimental modal pairs......Page 352
Stressed skin action of the roof systems with hat-shaped purlins......Page 356
Author index......Page 360
Back cover......Page 362