Intro; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Derivation Approaches for Theories of Plates and Shells; 1.2 Modeling of Composites; 1.2.1 Preliminary Remarks and Definitions; 1.2.2 Composite Materials; 1.2.3 Volume Fibre Fraction; 1.2.4 Modeling of Structures Composed of Composites; 1.2.5 Material Characteristics of the Constituents; 1.3 Modeling of Laminated Structures: Different Approaches; References; 2 Equivalent Single Layer Model for Thin Laminated Cylindrical Shells; 2.1 Equations of Thin Elastic Laminated Cylindrical Shells; 2.1.1 Laminated Cylindrical Shell; 2.1.2 Principal Hypotheses

2.1.3 Strain-displacement Relations2.1.4 Constitutive Equations for Elastic Materials; 2.1.5 Stress Resultants; 2.1.6 Mixed Variational Principle; 2.1.7 Equilibrium Equations and Natural Boundary Conditions; 2.1.8 Transverse Shear Stresses and Their Resultants; 2.1.9 Equations of Motion in Terms of Displacements; 2.1.10 In-plane Stress State Equations; 2.1.11 Technical Theory Equations; 2.1.12 Error of Governing Equations; 2.1.13 Displacement and Stress Function Boundary Conditions; 2.1.14 Edge Effect Equations; 2.1.15 Governing Equations for Laminated Plates and Beams

2.1.15.1 Laminated Plates2.1.15.2 Laminated Beams; 2.2 Governing Equations of Shell Buckling; 2.2.1 Bending Stress State; 2.2.2 In-plane Stress State; 2.3 Laminated Cylindrical Shells with Viscoelastic Smart Layers; 2.3.1 Viscoelastic Materials in Thin-walled Laminated Structures; 2.3.2 Complex Moduli of Viscoelastic Materials; 2.3.3 Smart Electro- and Magnetorheological Materials; 2.3.3.1 Magnetorheological Elastomers; 2.3.3.2 Electrorheological Composites; 2.3.3.3 Magnetorheological Fluids; 2.3.4 Governing Equations for Smart Cylindrical Shells; 2.4 Finite Element Analysis; References

3 Elastic Buckling of Laminated Beams, Plates, and Cylindrical Shells3.1 Simple Problems on Buckling of Laminated Beams and Plates; 3.1.1 Laminated Beams; 3.1.1.1 Simply Supported Beams; 3.1.1.2 Simply Supported and Clamped Beams; 3.1.2 Laminated Plates; 3.1.2.1 Uniformly Loaded Edges; 3.1.2.2 Non-uniformly Loaded Edges; 3.2 Laminated Medium-length Cylindrical Shell Under External Pressure; 3.2.1 Shell with Constant Parameters Under Uniform Pressure; 3.2.1.1 Simply Supported Shell with Diaphragm on Edges; 3.2.1.2 Effect of Shear on the Critical Buckling Pressure

3.2.1.3 Simply Supported Shell Without Diaphragm on Edges3.2.2 Localized Forms of Buckling; 3.2.2.1 Setting the Problem; 3.2.2.2 Asymptotic Approach; 3.2.2.3 Effect of Shears on Buckling Pressure and Localized Modes; 3.3 Laminated Shell under Axial Compression; 3.3.1 Circular Cylindrical Shell Under Uniform Axial Load; 3.3.2 Classification of Buckling Modes; 3.3.3 Non-Circular Cylinder Under Non-uniform Axial Load; 3.3.3.1 Asymptotic Solution; 3.3.3.2 Reconstruction of Asymptotic Expansions; 3.3.4 Effect of Shear on Localized Buckling Modes and Critical Axial Force; 3.4 Laminated Cylinder Under Torsion