Isogeometric analysis of functionally graded plates using a refined plate theory

Nguyen-Xuan, H., Tran, Loc V., Thai, Chien H., Kulasegaram, Sivakumar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9841-1339 and Bordas, Stephane Pierre Alain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-7002 2014. Isogeometric analysis of functionally graded plates using a refined plate theory. Composites: Part B Engineering 64 , pp. 222-234. 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.04.001

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Abstract

We present in this paper a simple and effective approach that incorporates isogeometric finite element analysis (IGA) with a refined plate theory (RPT) for static, free vibration and buckling analysis of functionally graded material (FGM) plates. A new inverse tangent distributed function through the plate thickness is proposed. The RPT enables us to describe the non-linear distribution of shear stresses through the plate thickness without any requirement of shear correction factors (SCF). IGA utilizes basis functions namely B-splines or non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS) which reach easily the smoothness of any arbitrary order. It hence satisfies the C1 requirement of the RPT model. The present method approximates the displacement field with four degrees of freedom per each control point allowing an efficient solution process.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Plates; buckling; vibration; computational modelling; FGM.
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1359-8368
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 09:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/60355

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