This book presents the classical theory of plates and shells, which is essential for a structural engineer. Though a number of finite element packages are used by design engineers, to get an idea of the structural behaviour and to be skilled in the same field, one must be proficient in classical method. Keeping the above point in view, the author hopes that M.Tech. Structural Engineering students will accept this as useful textbook on the subject of theory of plates and shells.

CONTENTS:
Introduction to Plates
Pure Bending of Plates
Small Deflections of Laterally Loaded Plates
Fourier Series of Loadings
Navier's Solution for Rectangular Plates
Levy's Solution for Rectangular Plate Analysis
Rectangular Plates with Various Edge Conditions
Circular Plates Bent Axi–symmetrically
Plates of Other Shapes
Energy Method
Finite Difference Method
A Folded Plate Roofs
Introduction to Shells
Introduction to Cylindrical Shell Roof
Membrane Analysis of Cylindrical Shell Roofs
Bending Theory of Cylindrical Shell Roofs
Analysis of Symmetrically Loaded Cylindrical Water Tanks and Pipes
Membrane Theory for Shells of Revolutions
Membrane Theory for Shells of Translation