ENCE 616 - PLATES AND SHELLS

Dr. Chung C. Fu, P.E.

Instructor : Dr. Chung C. Fu, P.E.
Office : S1119 Office Hour: TuTh 5:00-6:00pm
Phone : 301-405-2011
Fax : 301-314-9129
Email : ccfu@eng.umd.edu

Starting from 2/2/99, the class schedule is changed from Tues. & Thur. to Tues. only

3/9/99, Homework #1 due

3/16/99, Homework #2 due, also handing out HW # 2 solution & Mid-term

3/23/99, Mid-term due (Spring Break Week)

Summary:

The course will cover following areas:

- Unified development of plates and shells under the classification of surface structures.
- General geometrical relationship of shell structures, then to specific forms.
- Theoretical exposition for the membrane theory of shells and its application.
- Theoretical exposition for the bending of plates and its application.
- Theoretical exposition for the bending theory and stability of shells.

Course Workload:

Readings (textbook, selected journal papers, additional handouts)
4 Homework assignments (consisting of: textbook problems, MathCad, spreadsheets)
Homework 1 (due 3/9/99)

Homework 2(due 3/16/99)
One midterm (before spring break)
One final exam (schedule and format to be determined)

Text book:

Analysis of Plates and Shells, 1999, by Philip L. Gould, published by Prentice-Hall

Prerequisites:

ENCE410 Advanced Strength of Materials (or equivalent course).

Syllabus for Spring 99

1. Review and Introduction (Chapter 1 and others) - week 1 & 2

2. Geometry of shells (Chapter 2) - week 3

3. Membrane theory of shells (Chapters 3 thru 6) - week 4 thru 8

- Equilibrium
- Symmetrically loaded shells of revolution
- Nonsymmetrically loaded shells of revolution
- Shells of Translation

(Mid-term) - week 8

(Spring break) - week 9

4. Force and deformation relationship of shells (Chapters 7 and 8) - week 10 & 11

- Deformations
- Constitutive laws
- Boundary conditions
- Membrane theory displacements

5. Energy and approximate methods (Chapter 9) - week 12

6. Bending and stability of plates (Chapters 10 and 11) - week 13 & 14

- Plate bending displacement formulation
- Plate bending
- Plate stability

7. Bending and stability of shells (Chapters 12 and 13) - week 15 & 16

- Applications to circular cylindrical shells
- Shells of revolution
- Shells of translation
- Shell stability

(Final) - week 16

Footnote: 2 Exams. - 50%, Homework - 50%, Total 100%

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