This work involves the design optimization of metal–ceramic through thickness functionally graded material (FGM) plates subjected to thermomechanical loadings. Constrained was performed for minimum mass and cost FGM plates. The process plate structures requires a good choice metal ceramic materials adequate definition components volume fractions direction in order accomplish certain structural ...

Free vibration and buckling of three-phase bidirectional functionally graded sandwich (BFGSW) plates are studied in this paper for the first time by using an efficient nine-node quadrilateral (Q9) element. The core is pure ceramic, while two skin layers a material. element derived on basis Mindlin plate theory linked interpolations. Fundamental frequencies loads computed with various boundary c...