Abstract: The need and validity of the contradicting assumptions of zero transverse normal stress and the corresponding strain in the classical plate theory are critically examined here. This is done by ...

Abstract: An exact three-dimensional elasticity solution is obtained for cylindrical bending of simply-supported laminated anisotropic cylindrical shell strips subjected to transverse loading. Displacements and ...

Abstract: Reissner’s new mixed variational theorem, which allows independent interpolation, through the thickness, of the three transverse stresses besides that of the three displacements, is applied here ...

Abstract: The purpose of this work is to present baseline elasticity solutions for laminated composite shells subjected to localized moments. For simply supported cross-ply cylindrical shells, the problem ...