Nonlinear dynamics of shells and plates : presented at the 2000 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition : November 5-10, 2000, Orlando, Florida

The 15 papers reflect a reviving interest in the nonlinear dynamics of shells and panels, and to some degree of plate dynamics, funding for which dried up in the 1970s leaving some major questions still unresolved. The studies here take advantage of new numerical tools that make some things possible