Over the past decade, experts in the field of nanotechnology and materials science have been trying to devise architectures composed of small structures that spontaneously arrange themselves following ...

Finite element analysis (FEA) of shell structures encompasses the numerical simulation of thin‐walled, curved bodies subject to mechanical loads and environmental effects. Shell elements combine ...

The analysis of stress in cylindrical shell structures underpins the safe and efficient design of critical engineering systems, including pressure vessels, pipelines, aerospace fuselages and offshore ...