A n-order shear deformation theory for free vibration of functionally graded and composite sandwich plates

2011 ◽  
Vol 93 (11) ◽  
pp. 2826-2832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Xiang ◽  
Yao-xing Jin ◽  
Ze-yang Bi ◽  
Shao-xi Jiang ◽  
Ming-sui Yang
Author(s):  
Surya Dev Singh ◽  
Rosalin Sahoo

In the present study, the static and free vibration analysis of functionally graded carbon nano-tubes reinforced (FG-CNTR) sandwich plates are studied in the framework of inverse hyperbolic shear deformation theory. The governing differential equations are derived using Hamilton’s principle and solved with the Navier’s solution technique. The analytical approach is used to obtain the deflections, stresses, natural frequencies, and corresponding mode shapes of FG-CNTR sandwich plates with different material properties, stacking sequences, span thickness ratios, core to face sheet thickness ratios, and loading conditions. Different types of reinforcement distribution such as uniformly distribution (UD) and functionally graded (FG) distribution of FG-O, FG-X, FG-/\, and FG-V are considered for the analysis. Also, the efforts are made to achieve the best possible arrangement for the stacking sequences and the appropriate reinforcement distribution that will produce improved static and free vibration responses for the FG-CNTR sandwich plates.


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1660-1680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Fu ◽  
Zhaobo Chen ◽  
Hongying Yu ◽  
Zhonglong Wang ◽  
Xiaoxiang Liu

The present study is concerned with free vibration of functionally graded sandwich plates on elastic foundation based on nth-order shear deformation theory. The material properties of functionally graded plate are assumed to vary according to power law distribution of the volume fraction of the constituents, and two common types of FG sandwich plates are considered. Governing differential equations are derived by means of Hamilton’s principle. The differential quadrature method is developed to formulate the problem, and rapid convergence is observed in this study. A numerical comparison is carried out to show the validity of the proposed theory with available results in the literature. Furthermore, effects of gradient indexes, thickness side ratio, aspect ratio, foundation parameters, boundary condition and different sandwich types on the natural frequency of plates are also studied.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1906-1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelkader Mahmoudi ◽  
Samir Benyoucef ◽  
Abdelouahed Tounsi ◽  
Abdelkader Benachour ◽  
El Abbas Adda Bedia ◽  
...  

In this paper, a refined quasi-three-dimensional shear deformation theory for thermo-mechanical analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates resting on a two-parameter (Pasternak model) elastic foundation is developed. Unlike the other higher-order theories the number of unknowns and governing equations of the present theory is only four against six or more unknown displacement functions used in the corresponding ones. Furthermore, this theory takes into account the stretching effect due to its quasi-three-dimensional nature. The boundary conditions in the top and bottoms surfaces of the sandwich functionally graded plate are satisfied and no correction factor is required. Various types of functionally graded material sandwich plates are considered. The governing equations and boundary conditions are derived using the principle of virtual displacements. Numerical examples, selected from the literature, are illustrated. A good agreement is obtained between numerical results of the refined theory and the reference solutions. A parametric study is presented to examine the effect of the material gradation and elastic foundation on the deflections and stresses of functionally graded sandwich plate resting on elastic foundation subjected to thermo-mechanical loading.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuzhen Pang ◽  
Cong Gao ◽  
Jie Cui ◽  
Yi Ren ◽  
Haichao Li ◽  
...  

This paper describes a unified solution to investigate free vibration solutions of functionally graded (FG) spherical shell with general boundary restraints. The analytical model is established based on the first-order shear deformation theory, and the material varies uniformly along the thickness of FG spherical shell which is divided into several sections along the meridian direction. The displacement functions along circumferential and axial direction are, respectively, composed by Fourier series and Jacobi polynomial regardless of boundary restraints. The boundary restraints of FG spherical shell can be easily simulated according to penalty method of spring stiffness technique, and the vibration solutions are obtained by Rayleigh–Ritz method. To verify the reliability and accuracy of the present solutions, the convergence and numerical verification have been conducted about different boundary parameters, Jacobi parameter, etc. The results obtained by the present method closely agree with those obtained from the published literatures, experiments, and finite element method (FEM). The impacts of geometric dimensions and boundary conditions on the vibration characteristics of FG spherical shell structure are also presented.


2020 ◽  
pp. 109963622092508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atteshamuddin S Sayyad ◽  
Yuwaraj M Ghugal

In this paper, higher order closed-formed analytical solutions for the buckling analysis of functionally graded sandwich rectangular plates are obtained using a unified shear deformation theory. Three-layered sandwich plates with functionally graded skins on top and bottom; and isotropic core in the middle are considered for the study. The material properties of skins are varied through the thickness according to the power-law distribution. Two types of sandwich plates (hardcore and softcore) are considered for the detail numerical study. A unified shear deformation theory developed in the present study uses polynomial and non-polynomial-type shape functions in terms of thickness coordinate to account for the effect of shear deformation. In the present theory, the in-plane displacements consider the combined effect of bending rotation and shear rotation. The parabolic shear deformation theory of Reddy and the first-order shear deformation theory of Mindlin are the particular cases of the present unified formulation. The governing differential equations are evaluated from the principle of virtual work. Closed-formed analytical solutions are obtained by using the Navier’s technique. The non-dimensional critical buckling load factors are obtained for various power-law coefficients, aspect ratios and skin-core-skin thickness ratios.


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