Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713773278 Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates by a Robust Meshless Method A. J. M. Ferreira a; C. M. C. Roque a; R. M. N. Jorge a; G. E. Fasshauer b; R. C. Batra c a Universidade do Porto, Portugal b Illinois Inst...

Stress analysis of functionally graded composite plates composed of ceramic, functionally graded material and metal layers is investigated using 3-D finite element method. In FGM layer, material properties are assumed to be varied continuously in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fraction of a ceramic and metal. The 3-D finite element mo...

Free bending vibration analysis of the functionally graded viscoelastic circular sandwich plates is accomplished in the present paper, for the first time. Furthermore, local shear corrections factors are presented that may consider simultaneous effects of the gradual variations of the material properties and the viscoelastic behaviors of the materials, for the first time. Moreover, in contrast ...

The article presents the vibration behavior of bidirectional functionally graded (BDFG) porous plates using new triangular 3-node element (a cubic bubble function for interpolation rotations to enrich bending displacements) which is called MITC3+ element. BDFG have material properties varying in two directions with even and uneven porosity distribution. Based on Hamilton’s principle, motion equ...