Three-dimensional elastic deformation of functionally graded isotropic plates under point loading

B. E. Abali; C. Voellmecke; B. Woodward; M. Kashtalyan; I. Guz; W. H. Mueller

doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.07.013

Three-dimensional elastic deformation of functionally graded isotropic plates under point loading

B. E. Abali, C. Voellmecke, B. Woodward, M. Kashtalyan^* (Corresponding Author), I. Guz, W. H. Mueller

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Abstract

In this paper, three-dimensional elastic deformation of isotropic functionally graded plates subjected to point loading is investigated using a combination of analytical and computational means. The analytical approach is based on the displacement functions method, while numerical modeling, which requires high accuracy in the representation of the point loading, uses GALERKIN type finite element method. Three different plate geometries are examined for validation purposes, and the difficulties associated with an optimum choice of the element size are discussed. It is shown that by using a posteriori error estimation based on the equivalent stress measure accurate results can be obtained even in the neighborhood of the point loading. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	367-376
Number of pages	10
Journal	Composite Structures
Volume	118
Early online date	19 Jul 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.07.013
Publication status	Published - Dec 2014

Keywords

Functionally graded materials (FGM)
Variational formulation
Finite element method
Heterogeneous materials
A posteriori error estimation
Adaptive refinement
CORE

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Abali, B. E., Voellmecke, C., Woodward, B., Kashtalyan, M., Guz, I., & Mueller, W. H. (2014). Three-dimensional elastic deformation of functionally graded isotropic plates under point loading. Composite Structures, 118, 367-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.07.013

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