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Jordanka Ivanova
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Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Franco Pastrone
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Department of Mathematics, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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- Jordanka Ivanova, Franco Pastrone
Pages 1-64
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- Jordanka Ivanova, Franco Pastrone
Pages 65-86
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- Jordanka Ivanova, Franco Pastrone
Pages 87-107
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- Jordanka Ivanova, Franco Pastrone
Pages 109-167
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- Jordanka Ivanova, Franco Pastrone
Pages 169-204
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- Jordanka Ivanova, Franco Pastrone
Pages 205-225
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Back Matter
Pages 227-244
About this book
PREFACE This book deals with the new developments and applications of the geometric method to the nonlinear stability problem for thin non-elastic shells. There are no other published books on this subject except the basic ones of A. V. Pogorelov (1966,1967,1986), where variational principles defined over isometric surfaces, are postulated, and applied mainly to static and dynamic problems of elastic isotropic thin shells. A. V. Pogorelov (Harkov, Ukraine) was the first to provide in his monographs the geometric construction of the deformed shell surface in a post-critical stage and deriving explicitely the asymptotic formulas for the upper and lower critical loads. In most cases, these formulas were presented in a closed analytical form, and confirmed by experimental data. The geometric method by Pogorelov is one of the most important analytical methods developed during the last century. Its power consists in its ability to provide a clear geometric picture of the postcritical form of a deformed shell surface, successfully applied to a direct variational approach to the nonlinear shell stability problems. Until now most Pogorelov's monographs were written in Russian, which limited the diffusion of his ideas among the international scientific community. The present book is intended to assist and encourage the researches in this field to apply the geometric method and the related results to everyday engineering practice.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Jordanka Ivanova
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Department of Mathematics, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy
Franco Pastrone
