Dynamics of Thin Walled Elastic Bodies

Professor J D Kaplunov is a senior scientist at the Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences. His research interests are in solid mechanics, acoustics and asymptotic methods. Professor L Yu Kossovich is Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics and Head of the Department of Mathematical Theory of Elasticity and Biomechanics at Saratov State University, Russia. His research interests are in solid mechanics, wave propagation and asymptotic methods. Dr E V Nolde is a researcher at the Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests are in shell theory, acoustics and asymptotic methods.

Statement of the Problem and Modern Examples. Low-Frequency Approximations. Long-Wave High-Frequency Approximations. Short-Wave Approximations: The Error Estimate in Dynamics of Thin Walled Bodies. Vibrations of a Body of Revolution. A Thin Walled Body under Surface Loading. Higher Order Theories of Plates and Shells. Long-Wave High-Frequency Vibrations of Thin Walled Body Immersed in Continuum. Radiation and Scattering by a Thin Walled Body. Non-Stationary Wave Propagation. General Notation. References. Subject Index.