Praise for the previous edition""This new book by J.N. Reddy digests more than two decades of research by him in plate theories (specially for thick plates and laminated composites), variational methods, and finite elements into an excellent textbook, which can be used very well by beginning or advanced graduate students, or by many engineers who deal with aerospace, automotive, and civil engineering structures. That is, the material is presented carefully and reasonably thoroughly in language that is easy to follow. This is the best textbook that this reviewer has seen for understanding the m