Gerald Wempner held faculty positions at five major US state universities: Illinois, Arizona, Berkeley, Alabama, and Georgia Tech. He made seminal contributions to engineering mechanics, notably identifying shear locking in finite element formulations for thin shells, introducing a discrete analog of Kirchoff's hypothesis, and developing the generalized arc method for non-linear structural analysis. He passed away in 2024.Abdul-Hamid Zureick is professor of Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received the Norman Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1989.

• 1. Introduction, 2. Deformation, 3. Internal Forces, Stresses and Equilibrium, 4. Thermodynamical Behavior of Materials, 5. Fundamental Applications, 6. Bending of Symmetric Beams, 7. Combined Loads; Superposition, 8. Extension and Flexure of Thin Plates, 9. Work, Energy, and Stability, 10. Discrete Approximation via "Finite Elements"

Gerald Wempner held faculty positions at five major US state universities: Illinois, Arizona, Berkeley, Alabama, and Georgia Tech. He made seminal contributions to engineering mechanics, notably identifying shear locking in finite element formulations for thin shells, introducing a discrete analog of Kirchoff's hypothesis, and developing the generalized arc method for non-linear structural analysis. He passed away in 2024.Abdul-Hamid Zureick is professor of Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received the Norman Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1989.

• 1. Introduction, 2. Deformation, 3. Internal Forces, Stresses and Equilibrium, 4. Thermodynamical Behavior of Materials, 5. Fundamental Applications, 6. Bending of Symmetric Beams, 7. Combined Loads; Superposition, 8. Extension and Flexure of Thin Plates, 9. Work, Energy, and Stability, 10. Discrete Approximation via "Finite Elements"

Gerald Wempner held faculty positions at five major US state universities: Illinois, Arizona, Berkeley, Alabama, and Georgia Tech. He made seminal contributions to engineering mechanics, notably identifying shear locking in finite element formulations for thin shells, introducing a discrete analog of Kirchoff's hypothesis, and developing the generalized arc method for non-linear structural analysis. He passed away in 2024.Abdul-Hamid Zureick is professor of Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received the Norman Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1989.

• 1. Introduction, 2. Deformation, 3. Internal Forces, Stresses and Equilibrium, 4. Thermodynamical Behavior of Materials, 5. Fundamental Applications, 6. Bending of Symmetric Beams, 7. Combined Loads; Superposition, 8. Extension and Flexure of Thin Plates, 9. Work, Energy, and Stability, 10. Discrete Approximation via "Finite Elements"