
Geometric Formalism of Shell Theory.- Singularities and Boundary Layers in Thin Elastic Shell Theory.- Anisotropic Error Estimates in the Layers.- Numerical Simulation with Anisotropic Adaptive Mesh.- Singularities of Parabolic Inhibited Shells.- Singularities of Hyperbolic Inhibited...

Thin shells are three-dimensional structures with a dimension (the thickness) small with respect to the two others.Such thin structures are widely used in automobileandaviation industries, or in civil engineering, because they provide animportantsti'ness, due to theircurvature,...