Mindlin-Reissner theory is a plate/shell theory for structures having one dimension much smaller than the two other dimensions. It is a refinement from Kirchhoff-Love plate/shell theory with introducing two additional transverse shear measures. Timoshenko theory is a beam theory for structures having one dimension much larger than the two other dimensions. It is a refinment from Euler-Bernoulli beam theory with introducing two additional transverse shear measures.