The book is a valuable contribution for engineers in government industry anduniversities who have complex shell buckling problems to solve and who haveavailable... » 

The book is a valuable contribution for engineers in government industry anduniversities who have complex shell buckling problems to solve and who haveavailable to them computer programs for the buckling analysis of shells.Applied Mechanics Review 38 8 1986 What makes this book unique is that theauthor has succeeded in providing a feel for shell buckling based on carefulmixture of theoretical analytical and numerical procedures. Many of therichly illustrated examples are written in a tutorial form a guidebyexamplefor the modeling and solving of complex of nonlinear problems. It showsconvincingly that the modern structural engineer must have a very thoroughunderstanding of how structures behave if he is to use the advancedcomputational tools successfully. This book is a must for all those who work inthe field of shell stability. Journal of Applied Mechanics 53 1986 «