Theories of Plates and Shells

The Theory of Simple Elastic Shells.- Geometric Boundary Layers in Shells With Mixed Type.- FEM and Time Stepping Procedures in Non-Linear Dynamics of Flexible Branched Shell Structures.- Dynamic Stiffness Vibration Analysis for Higher Order Plate Models.- Anisotropic Thermo-Creep-Damage in 3D Thick Plate vs. Reissner's Approach.- On a Fast Method for Buckling Load Calculations of Incomplete Ribbed Shells.- Adaptive Wavelet-Algorithms for Inelastic Shells.- On the Effect of Transverse Core Compressibility on the Buckling of Sandwich Shells.- Drape Simulation of Flexible Structures.- Universal Dynamic Theory of Shells.- On Consistent Second-Order Plate Theories.- 2-D Model of Stressed Plate Derived From the 3-D Elasticity Theory Model.- Thickness Flexible Theory With Generalized Core Warping for Plane Sandwich Structures.- On the Finite Element Analysis of Layered Structures With Thin Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors.- Free Waves in Incoherent Slabs.- Inelastic Behaviour of Stepped Square Plates.- An Assessment of Classical and Refined Plate Theories Derived From the Principle of Virtual Displacements.- Stochastic Finite Element Analysis of Plates. Theory and Application..- On Nonlinear Theory of Rigid-Flexible Shells Without the Kirchhoff Hypotheses.- Shell and Solid Type Finite Element Analysis of Creep in Thin-Walled Structures.- An Asymptotic Model for Long-Wave Symmetric Motion of a Pre-Stressed Incompressible Plate With Fixed Faces.- Construction of the Theory of Piezoelectric Shells and Plates.- Boundary Layers Near the Reflected and Transmitted Dilatational Wave Fronts in a Composite Cylindrical Shell.- On Some Interior and Boundary Effects in Thin Plates Based on the Asymmetric Theory of Elasticity.- On the Numerical Simulation of Thin Textile ReinforcedConcrete Layers for the Strengthening of Shell Structures Using a Surface-Related Shell Theory.- Refined Wave Theories of Plates and Shells.- On Dynamics of Thin Plates With a Periodic Structure.- Critical

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Holm Altenbach lehrt Technische Mechanik an der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf verschiedenen Gebieten der Kontinuumsmechanik (Plattentheorie, Kriechschädigungsmechanik, Mechanik der Komposite).