Vol.5, No 1, 2006 pp. 99 - 116
UDC 531.3

ASYMPTOTIC APPROACHES IN THE THEORY OF SHELLS:
LONG HISTORY AND NEW TRENDS
I.V. Andrianov1, J. Awrejcewicz2
1Institut für Allgemeine Mechanik, RWTH Aachen,
Templergraben 64, D-52056, Aachen, Germany
2Technical University of Łódź, Department of Automatics and
Biomechanics, 1/15 Stefanowski St., 90-924 Łódź, Poland

Abstract. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of asymptotic methods in the Theory of Plates and Shells (TPS). Asymptotic methods of solving problems related to TPS have been developed by many authors. The main features of our paper are: (i) it is devoted to the basic principles of asymptotic approaches, and (ii) it deals with both traditional approaches, and less widely used, new approaches. The authors have paid special attention to examples and discussion of results rather than to burying the ideas in formalism, notation, and technical details.
Key words: plates, shells, asymptotic methods, homogenization

ASIMPTOTISKI PRISTUPI TEORIJI LJUSKI:
DUGA ISTORIJA I NOVI TRENDOVI
Rad pruža kompleksan prikaz asimptotskih metoda u primeni na Teoriju ljuski i ploča (TPS). Asimptotiske metode rešavanja problema koji se odnose na teoriju ploča i ljuski razvili su mnogi autori. Glavne osobine ovog rada su: (i) posvećen je osnovnim principima asimptotskih metoda, i (ii) i bavi se i tradicionalnim i, manje rasprostranjenim, novim pristupima. Autori posebnu pažnju posvećuju primerima i diskusiji rezultata i ne opterećuju ideje formalizmom, komentarima i tehničkim detaljima.
Ključne reči:  ploče, ljuske, asimptotske metode, homogenizacija