Erasmo Carrera

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the theory of thin plates and thin shells, and apply it to the analysis of shell structures, including the moment theory of circular cylindrical shells.

TL;DR: A review of the Zig-Zag theories for multilayered structures can be found in this article, where the authors refer to these three theories by using the following three names: Lekhnitskii Multi-layered Theory, ~LMT!, Ambartsumian Multi-Layered Theory ~AMT!, and Reissner Multilayed Theory ~RMT.

TL;DR: Theories and finite elements for multilayered structures have been reviewed in this article, where the authors present an extensive numerical evaluation of available results, along with assessment and benchmarking.

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of available theories and finite elements that have been developed for multilayered, anisotropic, composite plate and shell structures is presented. But, although a comprehensive description of several techniques and approaches is given, most of this paper has been devoted to the so called axiomatic theories and related finite element implementations.

TL;DR: The Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF) as discussed by the authors is a unified approach to beam theory that includes practically all classical and advanced models for beams and which has become established and recognised globally as the most important contribution to the field in the last quarter of a century.