This book treats the formulation and finite elements for shells, and its subject is defined by the following topics:

1. Computational mechanics of non-linear shells,
2. Shell equations: Reissner kinematics, finite rotations, finite strains,
3. Shell finite elements: 4-node, enhanced or mixed or mixed/enhanced,
4. Drilling rotation: drilling Rotation Constraint or Allman shape functions,
5. Normal strain: recovered or parameterized,
6. Constitutive equations: incremental, plane stress or 3D.

A wide range of...

The objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive introduction to ?nite rotation shells and to non-linear shell ?nite elements. It is divided into 5 parts: I. Preliminaries (20 pages), II. Shell equations (104 pages), III. Finite rotations for shells (103 pages), IV. Four-node shell elements (189 pages), and V. Numerical examples (41 pages). Additional numerical examples are presented in Parts III and IV. The bibliography includes 270 entries. The book is intended for both teaching and self-study, and emphasizes fundamental aspects and techniques of the subject. Some familiarity with...