The course covers design and analysis of shells, membrane and shell theory as well as mathematical and computational models for analysis of shells. The theoretical contents is supplemented and exemplified with applications of commercial finite element software.

• historical overview of shell theory
• geometrical basics and load carrying behavior
• shell models, Prerequisites and assumptions
• membrane theory, basic equations and analytical solutions for shells of revolution
• computation of stress resultants and displacements
• bending theory, analytical solutions for cylindrical shells
• computational models for shells with arbitrary geometry, shear deformable (Reissenr/Mindlin) shell finite elements for non-linear analysis and stability
• application of shell elements using commercial codes