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2. S. Timoshenko, Theory of plates and shells, McGraw-Hill, 1940.
3. W. Flügge, Statik und Dynamik der Schalen, Springer, 1934. (A complete list of literature up to 1933 can be found in the end of this book.)
4. A new derivation of the equations for the deformation of elastic shells;Reissner, Eric;Amer. J. Math.,1941
5. The intrinsic theory of elastic shells and plates;Synge, J. L.,1941