Szukana fraza: [Abstract = "A comparison made to those of the Kirchhoff\-Love theory for varying shell length to mean \- radius of curvature ratios, shows good agreement for thin shells irrespective of the shell length to radius of curvature ratio \(l \/ a\). The transverse sharing effect is found to be noticeable in the deformation of thick shells, however, this effect diminishes with a continuous increase in l \/ a ratios."]