"The above three conditions result in three partial differential equations, two of the 2nd order and one of the 4th order, for the most general case with two different radii of curvature and with combined bending and membrane actions. An early representation of these equations for cylindrical shells may be found in Donnell (1933). Bradshaw... extended those equations to the general case of double curvature, which can describe any 1D member (beam), 2D member (plate), or 3D singly or doubly curved member (shell)."
January 1, 1970
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