Analysis of Thermoelastic Damping of Functionally Graded Material Micro Plate Based on the Mindlin Plate Theory
In this paper, thermoelastic damping (TED) in a simply supported rectangular functionally graded material (FGM) micro plate with continuous variation of the material properties along the thickness direction is performed. The equations of motion and the heat conduction equation coupled with the thermal effects are derived based on the Mindlin plate theory and the one-way coupled heat conduction theory, respectively. The heat conduction equation with variable coefficients is solved by using the layer-wise homogenization approach. Analytical solution of TED is obtained by complex frequency method. Numerical results of TED are presented for the rectangular FGM micro plate made of ceramic-metal constituents with the power-law gradient profile. The effects of the shear deformation, the material gradient index, the plate thickness on the TED of the FGM micro plate are studied.