General theorems of the electromechanics of thin elastic shells (Q756501)

The properties of the problem of the dynamics of thin elastic electrically conducting shells in arbitrary electromagnetic fields are considered. On the basis of the nonlinear equations [(*) the author, ibid. 50, 796-803 (1986; Zbl 0626.73121)] obtained by asymptotic integration of the equations of elasticity theory and Maxwell equations over the thickness (in the quasistationary approximation) an expression is derived for the functional of the power governing the power balance in the process being investigated. A complete system of natural boundary conditions is formulated for the problem. Orthogonality conditions for the eigensolutions expressing the appropriate formulations of the reciprocity theorem are deduced for two fundamental problems of the electromechanics of thin elastic shells (*) whose equations are linear and can be obtained from the original equations without loss of accuracy. The question of the decomposition of solutions of the inhomogeneous problems that occur here in eigensolutions is considered.