Functionally Graded Rapid Prototyping (FGRP) is a novel design approach and technological framework enabling the controlled spatial variation of material properties through continuous gradients in functional components. Such variations are traditionally achieved as discrete delineations in physical behavior by fabricating multiple parts comprised of different materials, and assembling them only...

Abstract A study of smart functionally graded (FG) beams made carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced composites combined with piezoelectric materials is presented. The material parameters the composite are assumed to vary along their thickness following extended rule mixture. finite element (FE) model was developed for FG nanotube-reinforced beam materials. This tested against previously published st...

Abstract This paper presents an analytical solution for the free vibration behavior of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) doubly curved shallow shells with integrated piezoelectric layers. Here, linear distribution electric potential across thickness layer and five different types nanotube (CNT) distributions through direction are considered. Based on four-varia...

A generalized thermo-elastic diffusion problem in a functionally graded isotropic, unbounded, rotating elastic medium due to a periodically varying heat source in the context of fractional order theory is considered in our present work. The governing equations of the theory for a functionally graded material with GNIII model are established. Analytical solution of the problem is derived in Lapl...