Boundary Element Analysis of Plates and Shells

The analysis of plates and shells under static and dynamic
loads is of greatinterest to scientists and engineers both
from the theoretical and the practical viewpoint. The Boun-
dary Element Method (BEM) has some distinct advantages over
domain techniques such as the Finite Difference Method (FDM)
and the Finite Element Method (FEM) for a wide class of
structuralanalysis problems. This is the first book to deal
specifically with the analysis of plates and shells by the
BEM and to cover all aspects of their behaviour, and combi-
nes tutorial and state-of-the-art articles on the BEM as ap-
plied to plates and shells. It aims to inform scientists and
engineers about the use and the advantages of this techni-
que, the most recent developments in the field and the per-
tinent literature for further study.

Static Analysis of Plates.- Dynamic Analysis of Plates.- Static and Dynamic Analysis of Shells.- Large Deformation Analysis of Plates and Shells.- Inelastic Analysis of Plates and Shells.- Stability Analysis of Plates and Shells.- Special Methods for Plate Analysis.- Static and Dynamic Analysis of Reissner-Mindlin Plates.- Analysis of Plates and Shells by Boundary Collocation.