TY - BOOK AU - Saczuk,J. TI - A canonical formulation of the shell theory KW - SHELL THEORY N2 - Recent variational ideas on the micropolar continuum into the mechanical shell problems are reduced and a unified theoretical framework for analysing an arbitrary elastic behaviour of a shell structure is proposed. A suitable background for elimination of shortcomings within present versions of shell theory is provided. Balance equations for micropolar-shell-type continuum, transversality conditions and the shell-type analogue of the boundary virtual work for internal boundaries, like cracks, are defined and open problems in the definition of strain measures to micropolar-shell-type problems are mentioned. Attention is restricted throughout to theoretical considerations UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OdaCFPCeMb1T8K11ZzvpWkdkPoWJUuXT/view?usp=drivesdk ER -