9R29. Nonlinear Analysis of Thin-Walled Structures: Statics, Dynamics, and Stability. Mechanical Engineering Series. - JF Doyle (Dept of Aeronaut and Astronaut, Purdue Univ, Lafayette IN 47907). Springer-Verlag, New York. 2001. 511 pp. ISBN 0-387-95216-0. $89.95.
Reviewed by E DeSantiago (Dept of Civil and Architec Eng, Illinois Inst of Tech, 3201 S Dearborn St, Rm 213, Chicago IL 60616-3793).
This book is intended primarily for graduate students, researchers, and analysts interested in modeling and understanding the complex behavior of thin-walled structures undergoing large displacements using the finite element method. The subject matter of the book entails the nonlinear static and dynamic analysis as well as the stability analysis (both static and dynamic) of thin-walled plates and shells. The discussions in the text are limited to presenting nonlinearities due to large displacements that result in small strains. As such, a discussion on material nonlinearities is not included. Since most problems involving thin-walled...
