Chester B. Sensenig

• A Kirchhoff thin shell theory
• A non-linear shell theory compared with the classical three dimensional theory of elasticity
• Construction of a three dimensional displacement field from a solution to the von Karman equations
• Existence and uniqueness for a third order non-linear partial differential equation
• Instability of thick elastic solids
• Non-linear theory for the deformation of pre-stressed circular plates and rings
• Plate equations and formulas for stresses, strains, and displacements
• Plate estimates involving two strain parameters
• The buckling of a thick circular plate using a non-linear theory