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In this paper, a cell based smoothed finite element method with discrete shear gap technique is employed to study the static bending, free vibration, mechanical and thermal buckling behaviour of functionally graded material (FGM) plates.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-06-21 S Natarajan , AJM Ferreira , S Bordas , E Carrera , M Cinefra , AM Zenkour

In this paper, a non-uniform rational B-spline based iso-geometric finite element method is used to study the static and dynamic characteristics of functionally graded material (FGM) plates. The material properties are assumed to be graded…

In this paper, the flutter behaviour of simply supported square functionally graded material plates immersed in a supersonic flow is studied. An enriched 4-noded quadrilateral element based on field consistency approach is used for this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-03-14 S Natarajan , M Ganapathi , S Bordas

In this paper, the linear flutter characteristics of laminated composite flat panels immersed in a supersonic flow is investigated using field consistent elements within the framework of unified formulation. The influence of the aerodynamic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-17 S Natarajan , G Manickam , AJM Ferreira , E Carrera

In the present paper, a new parabolic shear deformation beam theory is developed and applied to investigate the bending behavior of functionally graded (FG) sandwich curved beam. The present theory is exploited to satisfy parabolic…

In this paper, the bending and the free flexural vibration behaviour of sandwich functionally graded material (FGM) plates are investigated using QUAD-8 shear flexible element developed based on higher order structural theory. This theory…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-04-11 S. Natarajan , M. Ganapathi

In this paper, the linear free flexural vibrations of functionally graded material plates with a through center crack is studied using an 8-noded shear flexible element. The material properties are assumed to be temperature dependent and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-07-21 S Natarajan , PM Baiz , M Ganapathi , P Kerfriden , S Bordas

Sheared granular layers undergoing stick slip behavior are broadly employed to study the physics and dynamics of earthquakes. Here, a two dimensional implementation of the combined finite discrete element method (FDEM), which merges the…

The nonlinear formulation developed based on von Karman's assumptions is employed to study the free vibration characteristics of functionally graded material (FGM) plates subjected to thermal environment. Temperature field is assumed to be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-07-28 N Sundararajan , T Prakash , M Ganapathi

In this paper, a force-based beam finite element model based on a modified higher-order shear deformation theory is proposed for the accurate analysis of functionally graded beams. In the modified higher-order shear deformation theory, the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Wenxiong Li , Huiyi Chen , Suiyin Chen , Zhiwei Liu

In this paper, the linear free flexural vibration of cracked functionally graded material plates is studied using the extended finite element method. A 4-noded quadrilateral plate bending element based on field and edge consistency…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-07-21 S Natarajan , PM Baiz , S Bordas , T Rabczuk , P Kerfriden

In this paper, equilibrium and stability equations of functionally graded material (FGM) plate under thermal environment are formulated based on isogeometric analysis (IGA) in combination with higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT).…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2015-11-05 Loc V. Tran , Phuc Phung-Van , Jaehong Lee , H. Nguyen-Xuan , M. Abdel Wahab

In this paper, the effect of a centrally located cutout (circular and elliptical) and cracks emanating from the cutout on the free flexural vibration behaviour of functionally graded material plates in thermal environment is studied. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-01-11 Ahmad Akbari Rahimabadi , Sundararajan Natarajan , Stephane P. A. Bordas

We investigate the numerical implementation of functionally graded properties in the context of the finite element method. The macroscopic variation of elastic properties inherent to functionally graded materials (FGMs) is introduced at the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-01-18 Emilio Martínez-Pañeda

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) represent a promising class of advanced materials designed with tailored microstructures to achieve optimized mechanical, thermal, and functional properties across varying gradients. The strategic…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-18 Ehsan Jebellat , Iman Jebellat

We develop a strain gradient plasticity formulation for composite materials with spatially varying volume fractions to characterize size effects in functionally graded materials (FGMs). The model is grounded on the mechanism-based strain…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-07-27 Tittu V. Mathew , Sundararajan Natarajan , Emilio Martínez-Pañeda

We propose in this paper a novel inverse tangent transverse shear deformation formulation for functionally graded material (FGM) plates. The isogeometric finite element analysis (IGA) of static, free vibration and buckling problems of FGM…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2013-10-08 H. Nguyen-Xuan , Loc V. Tran , Chien H. Thai , S. Kulasegaram , S. P. A. Bordas

A novel and effective formulation that combines the eXtended IsoGeometric Approach (XIGA) and Higher-order Shear Deformation Theory (HSDT) is proposed to study the free vibration of cracked Functionally Graded Material (FGM) plates. Herein,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2014-03-04 Loc V. Tran , Vinh Phu Nguyen , M. Abdel Wahab , H. Nguyen-Xuan

A displacement-based, geometrically nonlinear finite element model is developed for lattice core sandwich panels modeled as 2-D equivalent single-layer (ESL), first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) micropolar plates. The nonlinearity…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-10-14 Praneeth Nampally , Anssi T. Karttunen , JN Reddy

Plate motion near the fault gouge layer, and the elastic interplay between the gouge layer and the plate under stick-slip conditions, is key to understanding the dynamics of sheared granular fault systems. Here, a two-dimensional…

Geophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 Ke Gao , Robert A. Guyer , Esteban Rougier , Paul A. Johnson
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