A new solution in closed form is obtained for the thermomechanical deformations of an isotropic linear thermoelastic functionally graded elliptic plate rigidly clamped at the edges. The through-thickness variation of the volume fraction of the ceramic phase in a metal–ceramic plate is assumed to be given by a power-law type function. The effective material properties at a point are computed by ...

We analyze active constrained layer damping (ACLD) of functionally graded (FG) shells under a thermal environment using vertically and obliquely reinforced 1–3 piezocomposites (PZCs) and investigate the performance of PZCs as materials for the constraining layer of the ACLD treatment. The shell’s deformations are analyzed by using a modified first-order shear deformation theory and the finite e...

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...

A three-dimensional exact solution is presented for free and forced vibrations of simply supported functionally graded rectangular plates. Suitable displacement functions that identically satisfy boundary conditions are used to reduce equations governing steady state vibrations of a plate to a set of coupled ordinary differential equations, which are then solved by employing the power series me...

WE DERIVE FIELD EQUATIONS for a functionally graded plate whose deformations are governed by either the first-order shear deformation theory or the third-order sheardeformation theory. These equations are further simplified for a simply supported polygonal plate. An exact relationship is established between the deflection of the functionally graded plate and that of an equivalent homogeneous Ki...