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I.T.U.
FACULTY OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS
DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Name
THEORY OF
PLATES AND
SHELLS
Department
Lecturer and
Office Hours
Teaching Assistant and
Office Hours
Language
Compulsory/Elective
Classroom and
MeetingTime
Contents
Objectives
Topics - Course Outline
Code
UUM608E
Course
Type
Regular
Semester
Credit
Ph.D.
3
Lecture
Recitation
Laboratory
(hour/week)
3
0
0
Institute of Science and Technology
Assoc.Prof. Halit S. Türkmen
Tuesday 14.30-17.30
English
Elective
UUB-D116, Monday 13.30 –16.30
Bending of Rectangular Plates; Pure Bending of Plates; Simply Supported Rectangular Plates;
Rectangular Plates with Different Edge Conditions; Navier and Levi Solutions; Minimum Potential
Energy; Infinite Series Solution; Approximate Methods in Theory of Plates; Circular Plates;
Cylindrical Shells; Membrane Theory; General Theory of Cylindrical Shells.
Theory, solutions using both analytical and numerical techniques.
1 Introduction. Classification of plates. Small deflection plate bending theory.
2 Rectangular plates.
3 Rectangular plates (continue).
4 Rectangular plates under combined lateral and direct loads.
5 Circular plates.
6 Numerical methods for solution of static, linear – elastic plate problems.
7 Energy and variational methods for solution of lateral deflections.
8 Midterm exam.
9 Finite element method.
10 The effect of transverse shear deformation.
11 Large deflection theory of thin plates. The vibration of plates.
12 Introduction to theory of shells. Geometry of the middle surface.
13 The general linear theory of shells.
14 The membrane theory of shells.
15 The moment theory of shells.
Final exam
Prerequisite(s)
Textbook
Other References
Laboratory Work
Computer Usage
Others
Course Evaluation
Method
Ventsel, E. and Krauthammer, T., Thin Plates and Shells: Theory, Analysis, and Applications,
Marcel Dekker, 2001. (e-book)
Ugural,A.C., Stresses in Pates and Shells, 1999.
Szilard, R., Theories and applications of plate analysis : classical, numerical, and engineering
methods, Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, 2003.
Timoshenko, S., and Kriger, S.W., Theory of Plates and Shells, McGraw-Hill, 1959.
Gould, P.L., Analysis of Shells and Plates, 1998.
None
Some of the homework problems will be solved by the use of computer. The FEM programs will
also be used.
--Number
Ratio %
1
20
Midterm exams
4
30
Homeworks
1
50
Final Exam
Prepared by
Assoc.Prof. Halit S. Türkmen
Date
February 8, 2010