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 Springer Series in Computational Mechanics Edited by S. N. Atluri D. E. Beskos (Editor) Boundary Element Analysis of Plates and Shells With 112Figures Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork London Paris Tokyo Hong Kong Barcelona Budapest Editor of the series: Prof. S. N. Atluri Center for Computational Machanics Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0356 USA Editors of this volume: Prof. Dimitri E. Beskos Department of Civil Engineering University ofPatras G R-26110 Patras Greece ISBN-13: 978-3-642-45696-1 001: 10.1007/978-3-642-45694-7 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-45694-7  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boundary element analysis of plates and shells / by D. E. Beskos. (Springer series in computational mechanics) 1. Plates (Engineering) 2. Shells (Engineering) 3. Boundary element methods. I. Beskos, D. E. II. Series. TA660.P6B68 1991 624.17760l51535--dc20 91-31928 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broad- casting, reproduction on microfilm or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution act under the German Copyright Law. ? Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 15t edition 1991 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protec- tive laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Typesetting: Camera ready by authors 61/3020-543210- Printed on acid-free paper  Preface Plates and