Thermal stresses in cylindrical Cosserat elastic shells

We consider the problem of thermal stresses in cylindrical elastic shells, modelled as Cosserat surfaces. In the theory of Cosserat shells, the thermal effects are described generally by means of two temperature fields. The problem consists in finding the equilibrium of the shell under the action of a given temperature distribution. The temperature fields are assumed to be general polynomial functions in the axial coordinate, whose coefficients depend on the circumferential coordinate. (C) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.