13.1 IntroductionPart A: Bending of Thin Plates13.2 Basic Assumptions13.3 Strain–Curvature Relations13.4 Stress, Curvature, and Moment Relations13.5 Governing Equations of Plate Deflection13.6 Boundary Conditions13.7 Simply Supported Rectangular Plates13.8 Axisymmetrically Loaded Circular Plates13.9 Deflections of Rectangular Plates by the Strain-Energy Method13.10 Sandwich Plates13.11 Finite Element SolutionPart B: Membrane Stresses in Thin Shells13.12 Theories and Behavior of Shells13.13 Simple Membrane Action13.14 Symmetrically Loaded Shells of Revolution13.15 Some Typical Cases of Shells of Revolution13.16 Thermal Stresses in Compound Cylinders13.17 Cylindrical Shells of General ShapeReferencesProblems