In this paper, an analysis of free vibration in functionally graded nanoplate is presented. Third-order shear deformation plate theory is used to reach more accuracy in results. Small-scale effects are investigated using Eringen`s nonlocal theory. The governing equations of motion are obtained by Hamilton`s principle. It is assumed that the properties of nanoplates vary through their thicknesse...

This paper presents thermal buckling analysis of rectangular functionally graded plates (FG plates) with an eccentrically located elliptic cutout. The plate governing equations derived by the first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) and finite element formulation is developed to analyze the plate behavior subjected to a uniform temperature rise across plate thickness. It is assumed that the ...

This article considers transient flows for planar contractions and Oldroyd-B fluids, with increasing flow-rate boundary conditions. We employ a novel hybrid finite volume/element time-dependent algorithm. The hybrid scheme consists of a TaylorGalerkin finite element discretisation, and a cell-vertex fluctuation-distribution finite volume approach. These two approaches are coupled at each time-s...

A symmetric finite volume element scheme on quadrilateral grids is established for a class of elliptic problems. The asymptotic error expansion of finite volume element approximation is obtained under rectangle grids, which in turn yields the error estimates and superconvergence of the averaged derivatives. Numerical examples confirm our theoretical analysis.

We show how a stable and accurate hybrid procedure for fluid flow can be constructed. Two separate solvers, one using high order finite difference methods and another using the node-centered unstructured finite volume method are coupled in a truly stable way. The two flow solvers run independently and receive and send information from each other by using a third coupling code. Exact solutions t...

We establish a general framework for analyzing the class of finite volume methods which employ continuous or totally discontinuous trial functions and piecewise constant test functions. Under the framework, optimal order convergence in the H1 and L2 norms can be obtained in a natural and systematic way for classical finite volume methods and new finite volume methods such as discontinuous finit...