A Set of Strain-Displacement Relations in Nonlinear Theories of Rods and Shells |
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| Authors: | Akhilesh Maewal |
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| Affiliation: | DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING , YALE UNIVERSITY , NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06520 |
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| Abstract: | The direct approach of Reissner and of Simmonds and Danielson is used to derive polynomial approximations to the strain-displacement relations in nonlinear theories of rods and shells via the representation of the finite rotational displacement matrix in terms of the exponential of an antisymmetric matrix. |
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