Essay on the contributors to the elastic stability theory

Meccanica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-110

  Elishakoff, Isaac ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic stability; Imperfection sensitivity; Structural engineering

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFECTS; MECHANICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONTRIBUTORS; ELASTIC STABILITY; ENGINEERING MECHANICS; IMPERFECTION SENSITIVITY;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 17844402018     PISSN: 00256455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11012-004-2199-y     Document Type: Review

References (177)

1. Acheson, D., From Calculus to Chaos: An Introduction to Dynamics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997.
2. Addis, W., 'A new approach to the history of structural engineering', Hist. Techn. 8 (1983) 1-13.
3. Agnon, Sh.Y., The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight, 1912 (in Hebrew).
4. Arbocz, J., 'Past, present and future of shell stability analysis', Zeitschrift für Flugwissenschaften und Weltraumforschung 5 (1981) 335-348.
5. Ari-Gur, J., Personal communication, March 25, 1999.
6. Asimov, I., Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1964, p. 23.
7. Aubin, D. and Dalmedico, A.D., 'Writing the history of dynamical systems and chaos: Longue Durée and revolution, disciplines and cultures', Hist. Math. 29 (2002) 273-339.
8. Augusti, G., 'Probabilistic treatment of column buckling problems', in: Stochastic Problems in Mechanics, University of Waterloo Press, 1974, pp. 256-274.
9. Babcock, C.D., 'Shell stability', J. Appl. Mech. 50 (1983) 935-940.
10. Babuška, I. and Oden, J.T., 'Computational mechanics: where is it going', in: Engquist, B. and Schmid, W. (eds.), Mathematics Unlimited - 2001 and Beyond, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2001.
11. Baker, G., McRobie, F.A. and Thompson J.M.T., 'Implications of chaos theory for engineering science', Proc. Instrum. Mech. Eng. 211C (1997) 349-363.
12. Bažant, Z.P. and Cedolin, L., Stability of Structures, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991, p. 1.
13. Becchi, A., Corradi, M. and Pedemonte O. (eds.), Essays on the History of Mechanics, Birkhäuser, Basel, 2003.
14. Beckmann, P., A History of π, St. Martin Press, New York, 1971, p. 147.
15. Bell, E.T., Men of Mathematics, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1965, p. 406.
16. Bellman, R., Stability Theory of Differential Equations, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1953, p. VIII.
17. Benvenuto, E., La Scienza delle costruzioni e il suo sviluppo storico, Sansoni, Firenze, 1981 (in Italian).
18. Benvenuto, E., An Introduction to the History of Structural Mechanics. Part I: Statics and Resistance of Solids, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991a.
19. Benvenuto, E., An Introduction to the History of Structural Mechanics. Part II: Vaulted Structures and Elastic Systems, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991b.
20. Berry, A., The Book of Scientific Anecdotes, Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY, 1993, pp. 69-70.
21. Bolotin, V.V., Non-Conservative Problems in the Theory of Elastic Stability, Pergamon Press, New York, 1964.
22. Bolotin, V.V., 'Statistical aspects in the theory of structural stability', in: Herrmann, G. (ed.), Dynamic Stability of Structures, Pergamon Press, New York, 1965, pp. 67-81.
23. Bourdieu, P., 'The peculiar history of scientific reason', Sociological Forum 6(1) (1991) 3-26.
24. Boutot, A., 'Catastrophe theory and its critics', Synthese, 96 (1993) 167-200.
25. Broek, J.A., van den, 'Euler's classic paper "On the Strength of Columns",' J. Phy. 15 (1947) 309-318.
26. Budiansky, B., 'Theory of buckling and post-buckling behavior of elastic structures', Adv. Appl. Mech. 14 (1974) 1-65.
27. Budiansky, B. and Hutchinson J.W., 'Buckling: progress and challenge', in: Besseling, J.F. and van der Heijden, A.M.A. (eds.), Trends in Solid Mechanics Sijthoff & Noordhoff International Publishers, Alphen van den Rijn, 1979, pp. 93-116.
28. Bulson, P.S., The Stability of Flat Plates, Chatto and Windus, London, 1970.
29. Calaprice, A. (ed.), Dear Professor Einstein, Prometheus Books, New York, 2002, p. 174.
30. Calladine, C.A., 'Structural consequences of small imperfections in elastic thin shells of revolution', Int. J. Solids Struct. 8 (1972) 679-697.
31. Calladine, C.R., 'Understanding imperfection-sensitivity in the buckling of thin-walled shells', Thin-Walled Struct. 23 (1995) 215-235.
32. Capriz, G., 'Obituary: Clifford Ambrose Truesdell', Meccanica 35 (2000) 463-465.
33. Cardozo, N.L., Judaism on Trial, Urim Publications, Jerusalem, 2000, p. 192.
34. Carlson, R., Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Hyperion, New York, 1995.
35. Carr, E.H., What is History?, Penguin, New York, 1987.
36. Casti, J. and DePauli, W., Gödel, Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, MA, 2000.
37. Chajes, A., Principles of Structural Stability Theory, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1974.
38. Chilver, A.H., 'Design philosophy in structural stability', in: Budiansky, B. (ed.), Buckling of Structures, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1976, pp. 331-345.
39. Como, M. and Grimaldi, A., 'Stability, buckling and post-buckling of elastic structures', Meccanica 4 (1975) 254-268.
40. Como, M. and Grimaldi, A., Theory of Stability of Continuous Elastic Structures, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1995.
41. Corsanego, A., 'Obituary: Edoardo Benvenuto (1940-1998)', Meccanica 34 (1999) 295-296.
42. Davis, P., Debunking or telling it as it was? In: SIAM News, September 2003, p. 6.
43. De Borst, R., 'Het instabiele hanteerbar, W.T. Koiter', in: Wakker K.F. et al, (eds.), Delfts Goud, Technische Universiteit Delft/Beta Imaginations, 2002 pp. 223-232, (in Dutch).
44. Dinnik, A.N., 'Buckling under own weight', Proc. Don Polytech. Inst, 1 (Part 2), (1912) 19 (in Russian).
45. Disraeli, B., Contarini Fleming, Pt. I, Chapter 23 (see also Cohen J.M. and Cohen M.J., The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations, Penguin Books, London, 1980), p. 140.
46. Disraeli, B., Contarini Fleming, Pt. I, Chapter 23 (see also Cohen J.M. and Cohen M.J., The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations, Penguin Books, London, 1980), p. 140.
47. Donnell, L.H., 'A new theoretic buckling of thin cylinders under axial compression', ASME Trans. 56 (1934) 795-806.
48. Donnell, L.H. and Wan, C.C., 'Effect of imperfections on buckling of thin cylinders and columns under axial compression', J. Appl. Mech. 17 (1950) 73-83.
49. Dunham, W., Euler: The Master of Us All, The Mathematical Association of America, 1999.
50. Editorial, 'Leonhard Euler', Math. Intell. 5(3) (1983) 5-6.
51. Einstein, A., On the Method of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1933.
52. Einstein, A., 'Physics and reality', J. Franklin Inst. 221 (1936) 349-356.
53. Elishakoff, I., 'Elastic stability: from Euler to Koiter there was none like Koiter', Meccanica 35 (2000) 375-380.
54. El Naschie, M.S., Stress, Stability and Chaos, McGraw-Hill, London, 1990, pp. 312, 410.
55. Engelhardt, H., 'Die einheitliche Behandlung der Stabknickung mit Berücksichtigung des Stabeigewichte in den Eulerfällen 1 bis 4 als Eigenwertproblem', Dar Stahlbau 23(4) (1954) 80-84 (in German).
56. Engelsman, S.B., 'What You Should Know About Euler's Opera Omnia', Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, 4th ser. 8(1) (1990) 67-79.
57. Euler, L., Methodus Inveniendi Lineas Curvas Maximi Minimive Proprietate Gaudentes (Appendix, De Curvis Elasticis), Marcum Michaelaem Bousquet, Lausanne, 1744.
58. Euler, L., 'Determinatio Onerum, Quae Columnae Gestare Valent', Acta Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae, 1, 121-147 (see also Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia, 17, (Part 2), (1778a) Bern, 1982, pp. 232-251) (in Latin).
59. Euler, L., 'Determinatio Onerum, Quae Columnae Gestare Valent', Acta Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae, 1, 121-147 (see also Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia, 17, (Part 2), (1778a) Bern, 1982, pp. 232-251) (in Latin).
60. Euler, L., 'Examen Insignio Paradoxi in Theoria Columnarum Occurentio', Acta Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae, 1, 142-162 (see also Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia, 17, (Part 2), (1778b) Bern, 1982, pp. 252-265) (in Latin).
61. Euler, L., 'Examen Insignio Paradoxi in Theoria Columnarum Occurentio', Acta Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae, 1, 142-162 (see also Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia, 17, (Part 2), (1778b) Bern, 1982, pp. 252-265) (in Latin).
62. Euler, L., 'De altitudine columnarum sub proprio pondere corruentium', Acta Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae, 1, (1778c) 163-193 (see also Leonhard Euler: Opera Omnia, 17, Part 2, Bern, 1982, pp. 266-293) (in Latin).
63. Euler, L., 'De altitudine columnarum sub proprio pondere corruentium', Acta Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae, 1, (1778c) 163-193 (see also Leonhard Euler: Opera Omnia, 17, Part 2, Bern, 1982, pp. 266-293) (in Latin).
64. Euler, L., Letters of Euler on Different Subjects of Natural Philosophy, Arno Press, 1975, P. 26.
65. Fadiman, C. (ed.), Anecdotes, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1985, p. 187.
66. Feodosiev, V.I., Ten Lectures-Conservations On Strength of Materials, "Nauka" Publishers, Moscow, 1969, p. 106 (in Russian).
67. Feyerabend, P., 'Experts in a free society', Critic 30 (1970) 58-69.
68. Feyerabend, P., Against Method, 3rd ed., Verso, 1993.
69. Feyerabend, P., Killing Time - The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1995.
70. Fischer, D.H., Historian's Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought, Harper Torchbooks, New York, 1970.
71. Foce F., "Bit by Bit, Lacuna by Lacuna" in the name of Edoardo Benvenuto", in: Becchi, A., Corradi, M., Foce, F. and Pedemonte, O. (eds.), Towards a History of Construction, Birkhäuser, Basel, 2002, pp. 551-565.
72. Fosdick, R. and Royer-Carfagni, G., 'In recognition of the 70th birthday of Piero Villaggio', J.Elasticity 68 (2002), 3-6.
73. Fukuyama, F., 'The end of history?', Nat. Interest 16 (1989) 3-18.
74. Fukuyama, F., 'The end of history? Well, certainly the end of humans', The Independent June 16, 1999, p. 4.
75. Fung, Y.C. and Sechler, E.E., 'Instability of thin elastic shells', in: Goodier, J.N. and Hoff, N.J. (eds.), Structural Mechanics, Pergamon Press, New York, 1965.
76. Galilei, G., Discorsi e Demostrazioni Matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze Attenenti all Mecanica & Movimenti Locali, Elsevier, Leyden, 1638 (English translation: Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Northwestern University Press, 1914; McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963; Two New Sciences, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1974).
77. Galilei, G., Discorsi e Demostrazioni Matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze Attenenti all Mecanica & Movimenti Locali, Elsevier, Leyden, 1638 (English translation: Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Northwestern University Press, 1914; McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963; Two New Sciences, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1974).
78. Galilei, G., Discorsi e Demostrazioni Matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze Attenenti all Mecanica & Movimenti Locali, Elsevier, Leyden, 1638 (English translation: Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Northwestern University Press, 1914; McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963; Two New Sciences, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1974).
79. Godoy, L.A., Thin Walled Structures with Structural Imperfections, Pergamon Press, New York, 1996.
80. Godoy, L.A., Theory of Elastic Stability, Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia PA, 2000.
81. Godoy, L.A., 'On the path of progress in the theory of elastic stability', Mechanics, Sept./Oct., (2002) XIII-XIV.
82. Greenhill, A.G., 'Determination of the greatest height consistent with stability that a vertical pole or mast can be made, and of the greatest height to which a tree of given proportions can grow', Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 4 (1881) 765-774.
83. Grigoliuk, E.I., 'S.P. Timoshenko and his works in the field of stability of deformed bodies', in: Grigoliuk, E.I. (ed.), Timoshenko, S.P., Stability of Columns, Plates and Shells Nauka, Moscow, 1971 (in Russian), pp. 732-800.
84. Guckenheimer, J., 'The catastrophe controversy', Math. Intell. 1, (1978), 15-20.
85. Hamilton, S.B., 'Why engineers should study history', Trans. - Newcomer Soc. Study Hist. Eng. and Tech. 25 (1944) 1-10.
86. Hayes, B., 'The end of science writing?', Amer. Sci. September-October 1996.
87. Heyman, J. Structural Analysis: A Historical Approach, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998.
88. Heyman J., 'Truesdell and the history of structures', in: Becchi, A., Corradi, M., Foce, F. and Pedemonte, O. (eds), Essays on the History of Mechanics Birkhäuser, Basel, 2003, pp. 9-19.
89. Hoff, N.J., 'Buckling and stability', J. R. Aeronautical Soc. 58 (1954) 3-52.
90. Hoff, N.J., 'The perplexing behavior of thin circular cylindrical shells in axial compression', Isr. J. Tech. 4(1) (1966) 1-28.
91. Hoff, N.J., 'Thin shells in aerospace structures', Aeronautics and Astronautics, Feb. (1967), pp. 26-45.
92. Horgan, J., The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading MA, 1996.
93. Horton, W.H. and Durham, S.C., 'Imperfections, a main contributor to scatter in experimental values of buckling load', Int. J. Solids and Struct. 1 (1965) 59-72.
94. Hutchinson, J.W., 'Life as a mechanician: 1956, ASME Appl. Mech. Newslet. October 2003.
95. Ikeda, K. and Murota, K., Imperfect Bifurcation in Structures and Materials, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2002, p. 8.
96. Johnson W., 'The students of the "systematic deviations from ordinary rectilineal construction" in the Athenian Parthenon', Int. J. Mech.l Sci. 39(8) (1997) 957-963.
97. Johnson, B.G., 'Column buckling theory: Historic highlights', J. Struct. Eng. 109(9) (1983) 2086-2096.
98. Koiter, W.T., 'Purpose and achievements of research in elastic stability', Proc. 4th Techn. Conf. Soc. Eng. Sci. North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, 1966 (London, 1968), pp. 197-218.
99. Koiter, W.T., 'Current trends in the theory of buckling', in: Budiansky, B. (ed.), Buckling of Structures, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1976, pp. 1-16.
100. Koiter, W.T., 'The application of the initial post-buckling analysis of shells', in: Ramm, E. (ed.), Buckling of Shells, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1982, pp. 3-17.
101. Kuhn, T.S., The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 2nd ed., The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1970.
102. Kurrer, K-E., 'The development of the deformation method', in: Becchi, A., Corradi, M., Foce, F. and Pedemonte, O. (eds), Essays on the History of Mechanics, Birkhäuser, Basel, 2003, pp. 57-86.
103. Kushner, H.S., How Good Do We Have to Be?, Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1996, p. 180.
104. Latham, R., The Liberal Moment, Columbia University Press, New York, 1997.
105. Leibowitz, N., New Studies in Genesis, Eliner Library, Hemed Press, Jerusalem, 1972, p. 108.
106. Leiman, H.I., Koheleth: Life and Its Meaning, Feldheim Publishers, Jerusalem, 1978.
107. Lieber, M. (ed.), Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), Mesorah Publications, New York, 1996.
108. Lighthill, J., 'The recently recognized failure of predictability in newtonian mechanics', Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A 407 (1986) 35-50.
109. Lorenz, R., 'Achsensymmetrische Verzerrungen in dünnwandigen Hohlzylindern', Zeitschrift VDI 52 (1908) 1706-1713 (in German).
110. Lundquist, E.E., 'Strength tests on thin-walled duraluminum cylinders in compression', NACA Report 473, 1933.
111. Macleod, I., 'Sayings of the week', Observer, 16 July 1961 (see also Cohen J.M. and M.J. Cohen, The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations, Penguin Books, London, 1981, p. 217).
112. Macleod, I., 'Sayings of the week', Observer, 16 July 1961 (see also Cohen J.M. and M.J. Cohen, The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations, Penguin Books, London, 1981, p. 217).
113. Maier, G., 'Book review, Mathematical Models for Elastic Structures, by P. Villaggio', Meccanica 34(1) (1999) 64-65.
114. Mainstone, R.J., 'The uses of history', Arch. Sci. Rev. 20(2) (1977), 30-35.
115. Maor, E., e: The Story of Mathematics, Princeton University Press, 1994, Princeton NJ, p. 153.
116. McDonald, D.G., 'The Nobel Laureate versus the graduate student', Phys. Today, July (2001), p. 46.
117. Mieder W., Encyclopedia of World Proverbs, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1986, p. 434.
118. Mikhailov, G.K., 'Development of studies in the history of elasticity and structural mechanics', in: Becchi, A., Corradi, A., Foce, F. and Pedemonte, O. (eds), Essays on the History of Mechanics, Birhäuser, Basel, 2003, pp. 21-37.
119. Moore, M., 'South African author wins literature Nobel', Fort Lauderdale's Sun-Sentinel, Oct. 2003.
120. Morris, N., 'Shell stability: the long road from theory to practice', Eng. Struct. 18(10) (1996) 801-806.
121. Musschenbroek,P. van, Physicae experimentales et geometricae... Dissertationes, Leyden, 1729.
122. Navon, H., 'Tower of Babel and the Trojans', Makor Rishon (First Source), Oct. 3, 2003 (in Hebrew).
123. Nervi, P.L., Structures, F.W. Dodge Corporation, New York, 1956.
124. Neusner, J. and Neusner N.M.M., The Book of Jewish Wisdom, Introduction, Continuum, New York, 1996, p. 13.
125. Nye, R.B., Foreward, In History: Meaning and Method by Gawronski D.V., Scott, Toresman & Co., Glenview, Illinois, 1975.
126. Obituary and Merton R., The Economist, March 15, 2003.
127. Oldfather, W.A., Ellis, C.A. and Brown, D.M. (translators), Leonhard Euler's elastic curves', Isis 20, (1933), p. 58.
128. Pannell, J.P.M., An Illustrated History of Civil Engineers, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., New York, 1964, p. 323.
129. Panovko, Ya.G. and Gubanova, I., Stability and Oscillations of Elastic Systems: Paradoxes, Fallacies and New Concepts, Consultants Bureau, New York, 1965.
130. Pignataro, M., 'Obituary, W.T. Koiter (1914-1997)', Meccanica 33, (1998), 605-606.
131. Pugsley, A., 'The engineering climatology of structural accidents', International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, Washington, (1969) 335-340.
132. Ramm, E., 'Form und Tragverhalten', in: Ramm, E. and Schunck, E. (eds.), Heinz Isler Schalen Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1986 (in German), pp. 29-34.
133. Ramm, E., and Wall, W.A., 'Shells in advanced computational environment', in: Mang, H.A., Ramerstorfer, F.G. and Eberhardsteiner, J. (eds), Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 7-12, 2000, Vienna.
134. Rees, M., Our Final Hour. A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error and Environmental Disasters Threaten Humankind's Future in This Century - On Earth and Beyond, Basic Books, New York, 2003.
135. Rega, G., 'Editor's Note', Meccanica 35 (2000) 373.
136. Rega, G., 'Editor's Note', Meccanica 36 (2001) 588.
137. Riks, E., 'Development of an improved analysis capability of the STAGS computer code with respect to the collapse behavior of shell structures', Memorandum SC-79-054, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, The Netherlands, 1979.
138. Rosenberg, S., 'The marketplace of ideas', Course "In the Footsteps of Kuzari", available from yhe@virtual.co.il (downloaded on March 10, 1999).
139. Rosten, L., Treasury of Jewish Quotations, Bantam Books, New York, 1977, p. 482.
140. Rothman, T. and Sudarshan, G., Doubt and Certainty, Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA, 1998.
141. Rubinstein, R.E., Aristotle's Children, Harcourt Inc., Orlando, 2003.
142. Rustaveli, S., The Knight in the Panther's Skin (translated by V. Urushadze), "Sabchota Sakartvels" Publishing House, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1971, p. 16.
143. Scherman, N., The Complete Makhzor for Yom Kippur, Mesorah Publications, Brooklyn, New York, 1986, p. 643.
144. Sechler, E.E., 'On the role of experimentation in shell research (Mirabile Dictu-Mirabile Visa)', in: Nemat-Nasser, S. (ed.), Mechanics Today, Vol. 3, Pergamon, Oxford, 1980, pp. 439-450).
145. Shirer, W.L., The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Simon and Schuster Inc., New York, 1990, p. XI.
146. Singer, J., Arbocz, J., and Weller, T., Buckling Experiments, Vol. 1, Wiley, New York, 1998.
147. Southwell, R.V., 'On the general theory of elastic stability', Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A 213 (1914) 187-244.
148. Southwell, R.V., 'On the general theory of elastic stability', Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A 213 (1914) 187-244.
149. Speiser, D., 'Architecture, mathematics and theology in Raphael's Lo Sposalizio and L'Incoronazione della Vergine', in: Becchi, A., Corradi, M., Foce, F. and Pedemonte, O. (eds), Towards a History of Construction, (2002), 747-756.
150. Speiser, D., 'What can the historian of science learn from the historian of the fine arts?', in: Becchi, A., Corradi, M., Foce, F. and Pedemonte, O. (eds.), Essays on the History of Mechanics, Birkhäuser, Basel, 2003, pp. 235-249.
151. Speiser, D., 'The importance of concepts for science', Meccanica 38 (2003) 483-492.
152. Steele, C.R., 'Asymptotic analysis and computation of shells', in: Noor, A.K., Belytschko, T. and Simo, J.C. (eds.), Analytical and Computational Models of Shells, ASME CED - Vol. 3, 1989.
153. Thompson, J.M.T. and Hunt, G.W., A General Theory of Elastic Stability, John Wiley, London, 1973.
154. Timoshenko, S., 'Einige Stabilitätsprobleme der Elastizitä tstheorie', Zeitschrift Math. Phys. 58 (1910) 337-385 (in German).
155. Timoshenko, S.P., Stabilitätsprobleme der Elastizität, in: Handbuch der physikalischen und technischen Mechanik, Band IV, Lieferung 1, Leipzig, Verlag von Johann Barth, pp. 81-145, 1921 (in German). (see also the Russian translation, Stability of Columns, Plates and Shells, p. 553, Nauka Publishers, Moscow, 1971).
156. Timoshenko, S.P., Stabilitätsprobleme der Elastizität, in: Handbuch der physikalischen und technischen Mechanik, Band IV, Lieferung 1, Leipzig, Verlag von Johann Barth, pp. 81-145, 1921 (in German). (see also the Russian translation, Stability of Columns, Plates and Shells, p. 553, Nauka Publishers, Moscow, 1971).
157. Timoshenko, S.P., History of Strength of Materials, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1953.
158. Todhunter, I. and Pierson, K., A History of the Theory of Elasticity and the Strength of Materials from Galilei to Lord Kelvin, Dover Publications, New York, 1960 (republication of the Cambridge University Press edition, 1893).
159. Torroja, E., Philosophy of Structures, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1967, p. 28.
160. Truesdell, C., 'The rational mechanics of flexible or elastic bodies 1638-1788', in: Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia, Second Series, Vol. XI(2), "Orell Füssli" Publishers, Zurich, 1960.
161. Truesdell, C.A., The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics 1822 - 1854, Springer, New York, 1980.
162. Truesdell, C., 'Leonard Euler, supreme geometer', in: Euler, L. (ed.), Elements of Algebra, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984a.
163. Truesdell, C.A., An Idiot's Fugitive Essays on Science: Methods, Criticism, Training, Circumstances, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984b.
164. Truesdell, C. and Noll, W., 'The non-linear field theories of mechanics', in: Handbuch der Physik, Band III/3, Section 68b, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1965.
165. Vakulenko, A.A. and Mikhailov, G.K., 'Clifford Truesdell and modern history of mechanics', Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznania i Tekhniki, 3 (2000) 59-66 (in Russian).
166. Van Campen, D.H., 'Warner Tjardus Koiter', Biog. Mems. Fell. R. Soc. Lond. 45 (1999) 269-273.
167. Viana, M., 'Dynamical systems: moving into the next century', in: Engquist, B. and Schmid, W. (eds.), Mathematics Unlimited - 2001 and Beyond, Springer-Verlag, 2001.
168. Villaggio, P., 'Book review, Impact Mechanics by W.J. Stronge', Meccanica 35 (2000) 470-471.
169. Villaggio, P., 'How to write a paper on a subject of mechanics', Meccanica 28 (1993) 163-167.
170. Villaggio, P., Mathematical Models for Elastic Structures, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997.
171. Villaggio, P., 'The roots of trees', Continuum Mech. and Thermodyn. 10 (1998).
172. Villaggio, P., 'Distortions in the history of mechanics', Meccanica 36 (2001) 589-592.
173. Villaggio, P., 'Book review, "Cosserat Theories: Shells, Rods and Points" by M.B. Rubin, Meccanica 37 (2002) 313-314.
174. Virchenko, N.A., Mathematics, Vischa Shkola, Kiev, 1983 (in Russian).
175. Wechter, D., 'How to write history', in: A Sense of History (introductory note by Dobell B.), American Heritage, New York, 1985, pp. 38-45.
176. Wempner, G., 'Mechanics and finite elements of shells', Appl. Mech. Rev. 42(5) (1989) 129-142.
177. Willers, F.A., 'Das Knicken schwerer Gestänge', ZAMM 21 (1941) 43-51 (in German).