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The paper presents a general methodology of introducing the shell-type variables which is based on the rotation constraint-equation (RC-equation). The RC-equation is proven to be equivalent to the polar decomposition of the deformation gradient formula, and the rotations which it yields are interpreted in terms of rotations of vectors of an ortho-normal basis. The deformation function and rotations are assumed as polynomials of the thickness coordinate ζ, and in this form used in the RC-equation. Solving this equation, we can express the coefficients of the quadratic deformation function in terms of the following shell-type variables: (a) the mid-surface position x 0, (b) the constant rotation Q 0, (c) the rotation vector ψ * for the ζ-dependent rotations, and (d) the normal components U 33 0 and U 33 1 of the right stretching tensor. This new methodology (i) ensures that all shell kinematical variables are consistent with the RC-equation, which is justified on 3D grounds, (ii) provides a general framework from which various Reissner-type hypotheses can be obtained by suitable assumptions. As an example, two generalized Reissner hypotheses are derived: one with two normal stretches, and the other with the in-plane twist and the bubble-like warping parameters.
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Wisniewski, K., Turska, E. Second-Order Shell Kinematics Implied by Rotation Constraint-Equation. Journal of Elasticity 67, 229–246 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024974422809
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