Stresses In Plates and Shells

by Ugural, Ansel C.

• ISBN13: 9780070657694
• ISBN10: 0070657696
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-30
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Summary

Due to its easy writing style, this is the most accessible book on the market. It provides comprehensive coverage of both plates and shells and a unique blend of modern analytical and computer-oriented numerical methods in presenting stress analysis in a realistic setting. Distinguished by its broad range of exceptional visual interpretations of the solutions, applications, and means by which loads are carried in beams, plates and shells. Combining the modern-numerical, mechanics of materials, and theory of elasticity methods of analysis, it provides an in-depth and complete coverage of the subject, not explored by other texts. Its flexible organization allows instructors to more easily pick and choose topics they want to cover, depending on their course needs. Students are exposed to both the theory and the latest applications to various structural elements. Two new chapters on the fundamentals provide a stronger foundation for understanding the material. An increased emphasis on computer tools, and updated problems, examples, and references, expose students to the latest information in the field.

Table of Contents

1 Basic Concepts

2 Stress Analysis of Simple Members

3 Elements of Plate Bending Theory

4 Circular Plates

5 Rectangular Plates

6 Plates of Various Geometrical Forms

7 Numerical Methods

8 Anisotropic Plates

9 Plates Under Combined Lateral and In-Plane Loads

10 Large Deflections of Plates

11 Thermal Stresses in Plates

12 Membrane Stresses in Shells

13 Bending Stresses in Shells

14 Applications to Pipes, Tanks, and Pressure Vessels

15 Cylindrical Shells Under General Loads

Appendixes