Doubly curved shells are largely used in aeronautics and aerospace and are subjected to dynamic loads that can cause vibration amplitudes of the order of the shell thickness, giving rise to ...

Nonlinear elastic shell theory extends classical shell models to account for large deformations, complex material behaviours and coupling between bending and stretching in slender curved structures.

An object that's intrinsically flat, say a piece of paper, can be shaped into a cylinder without stretching or tearing it. The same isn't true, however, for something intrinsically curved like a ...