Abstract: A systematic reduction of Timoshenko beam theory to shear beam theory is presented and compared to a parallel reduction to Euler–Bernoulli theory. The agreement between Timoshenko and shear theories is seen to improve as ...

Abstract: The wrong figure was used for Fig. 1 of the subject paper (1). Instead, this Fig. 1 should have been used, as was pointed out in the galley proof corrections sent to ASME on December 23, 2003.

Abstract: The fully intrinsic equations for beams comprise a relatively new set of equations for nonlinear modeling of structures comprised of beams. These equations are geometrically exact and constitute ...

Abstract: A thermoelastic model for analyzing laminated composite plates under both mechanical and thermal loadings is constructed by the variational asymptotic method. The original three-dimensional nonlinear thermoelasticity problem ...

Abstract: Although it is known that correct dynamical equations of motion for a nonholonomic system cannot be obtained from a Lagrangean that has been augmented with a sum of the nonholonomic constraint ...

Abstract: An asymptotically correct dynamic shell theory, valid over a wide range of frequencies and wavelengths, is rigorously derived from an analytical point of view. The derivation provides insight ...

Abstract: Shell theories intended for low-frequency vibration analysis are frequently constructed from a generalization of the classical shell theory in which the normal displacement (to a first approximation) ...