Applied Elasticity

The book is primarily written for the students of Civil, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering. It will also cater to the need of practising engineers. Some advanced topics like "e;Dynamics and Stability"e; of thin shells are elaborately discussed here, while numerous references of papers and monographs have been provided at the end of the text book. This would be highly useful to those readers who desire to study the subject in more details and aspire to undertake research projects in the field in the near or distant future.