The Bending and Stretching of Plates Book

Preface to 2nd edition; Preface; Principal notation;

Part I. Small-Deflexion Theory:

1. Derivation of the basic equations;
2. Rectangular plates;
3. Plates of various shapes;
4. Plates where boundaries are amenable to conformal transformation;
5. Plates with variable rigidity;
6. Approximate methods;

Part II. Large-Deflexion Theory:
7. General equations and some exact solutions;
8. Approximate methods in large-deflexion analysis;
9. Asymptotic large-deflexion theories for very thin plates; Author index; Subject index.