Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells

"[R]enowned author, educator, and researcher J.N. Reddy has thoroughly revised, updated, and enhanced his standard-setting [book]. … Worked examples in each chapter and more than 300 figures help illustrate difficult concepts, deepen understanding, and demonstrate typical applications … . … Simply put, no other book is as up to date. No other book approaches the subject primarily from the finite element method, and no other book provides such full, self-contained coverage of the theories, analytical solutions, and modeling of laminated composite plate and shell structures."- Apollit, Oct. 2004"This is an authoritative text. It belongs on the shelf of every person working in composite structures, whether or not their research is in theory and analysis of composite structures… It provides much needed material in the analysis of smart structures and functionally gradient materials as well as on shell structures."-Anthony J. Vizzini, Director, Composites Research Laboratory, University of Maryland--Aerospace Engineering

• Preface to the Second Edition, Preface to the First Edition, 1. Equations of Anisotropic Elasticity, Virtual Work Principles, and Variational Methods, 2. Introduction to Composite Materials, 3. Classical and First-Order Theories of Laminated Composite Plates 1(M), 4. One-Dimensional Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates, 5. Analysis of Specially Orthotropic Laminates Using CLPT, 6. Analytical Solutions of Rectangular Laminated Plates Using CLPT, 7. Analytical Solutions of Rectangular Laminated Plates Using FSDT, 8. Theory and Analysis of Laminated Shells, 9. Linear Finite Element Analysis of Composite Plates and Shells, 10. Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Plates and Shells, 11. Third-Order Theory of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells, 12. Layerwise Theory and Variable Kinematic Models, Subject Index