Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7170041 | European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids | 2019 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
In the present study, based on the higher-order shear deformation plate theory, the unified numerical formulation is developed in variational framework to investigate the thermal buckling of different shapes of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) plates. Since the thermal environment has considerable effects on the material properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the temperature-dependent (TD) thermo-mechanical material properties are taken into account. In order to present the governing equations, the quadratic form of the energy functional of the plate structure is derived and its discretized counterparts are presented employing the variational differential quadrature (VDQ) approach. The discretized equations of motion are finally obtained based on Hamilton's principle. In order to convenient application of differential quadrature numerical operators in irregular physical domain, the mapping procedure is considered in accordance to the conventional finite element formulation. Some comparison and convergence studies are performed to show validity and efficiency of the proposed approach. A wide range of numerical results are also reported to analyze the thermal buckling behavior of different shaped FG-CNTRC plates.
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Authors
Jalal Torabi, Reza Ansari, Ramtin Hassani,