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2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

C E 552 - Theory of Plates and Shells


(3 units)

Prerequisite: Open to Civil Engineering MS and Engineering MS students only.
Review of theory of elasticity; formulation of general equation of bending of thin elastic plates; methods of obtaining exact and approximate solutions; membrane and bending theories of shells with emphasis on cylindrical shells and shells of revolution.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture‑Problems 3 hours)