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We analyze the asymptotic behavior of some shell models for an arbitrary constitutive law. Given a midsurface with Lipschitzian boundary as a \(C^{1,1}\) submanifold of \(\mathbb{R}^N\), we show that solutions of the intrinsic linear \(P(1,1)\), \(P(2_n,1)\) and \(P(2,1)\) models of thin shells converge to solutions of asymptotic shell models which consist of a coupled system of two variational equations. The first is the asymptotic \(P(1,0)\) model which yields the generally accepted classical membrane shell equation and the Love-Kirchhoff terms. The second is a generalized bending equation. In the bending dominated case and for the special constitutive law specified by two Lamé constants, the quadratic term of the second equation of the asymptotic \(P(2_n,1)\) and \(P(2,1)\) models is the classical bending dominated equation. Also Naghdi's model is an approximation of the reduced \(P(2,1)\) model, and Koiter's model is a projection of Naghdi's model. A detailed analysis of the three asymptotic models is given: existence and spaces of solutions, decomposition of the equations, and construction of the associated effective constitutive laws. Strong/weak convergence is established in the natural spaces and norms under an assumption on the asymptotic behavior of the constant of continuity of the right-hand side for shells without boundary or shells with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions (quotient space) or homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions on a part of the boundary. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0892.00037].