“…Becauseoftheirhighstrength-to-weightratio,thin-walledstructuresarecommonlyusedinaerospaceandmaritimeindustries.InthePDframework,nonlocalinteractionsi neachmaterialpointareconsideredwithothermaterialpointswithinspecifiedregions.Thenonlocalpropertyleadstolowerefficienciesincomputationtime,especiallyfor3D models.Tosimulatethin-walledstructures,structuralidealizationisoneoftheapproachestoreducecomputationtime.TheKirchhoff-Loveplate [3,4],theMindlin-Reissner plate [5,6],andtheshell [7]modelshavebeenproposedinthePDliterature.Furthermore,severalengineeringapplicationsofthin-walledstructureshavebeenreportedconcernin gnonlinearanalysis [8],buckling [9],vibration [10],stressintensityfactors [11,12],compositematerials [13,14],andshipstrength [15].…”