(1) Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China
Abstract:
The thermal behavior of a thick transversely isotropic FGM rectangular plate was investigated within the scope of three-dimensional
elasticity. Noticing many FGMs may have temperature-dependent properties, the material constants were further considered as
functions of temperature. A solution method based on state-space formulations with a laminate approximate model was proposed.
For a thin plate, the method was clarified by comparison with the thin plate theory. The influences of material inhomogeneity
and temperature-dependent characteristics were finally discussed, through numerical examples.
Project (No. 10002016) supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China