ABSTRACT
Open Spheroidal Shells
After spherical geometry, spheroidal geometry provides the simplest setting
for three-dimensional potential theory. This chapter considers the potential
surrounding various open spheroidal shell structures. It presents a signif-
icant extension and generalisation of the spherical shell studies because
various combinations of cavity size and aspect ratio of the shell produce
extremely interesting structures for physical and engineering applications;
the hollow cylinder is one example.
