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Francis Reynolds Shanley — Publications

Francis Reynolds Shanley — Publications

Analysis of stress-strain-time relations from the engineering viewpoint

2004
New Evidence Concerning the Origin of Fatigue Cracks as a Surface Phenomenon.

1962
Plastic Behavior of Thin Plates Under Normal Pressure

1958
On the strength of fine wires.

1957
A Comparison of the FFA and RAND Methods of Fatigue Analysis

1955
A proposed mechanism of fatigue failure.

1955
Derivation of a wing weight formula for a thin wing structure.

1950
Simplified analysis of general instability of stiffened shells in pure bending.

1949

Objective Analysis. Effective Solutions.

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