Thermal buckling analysis of functionally graded moderately thick plates using GDQ Rules

Abstract

This paper deals with thermal buckling analysis of functionally graded moderately thick plates. Material properties are assumed to be graded in the thickness direction according to volume fraction power law distribution. The formulations are based on first order shear deformation plate theory. Mathematical modeling developed in the present work for FGMs plates are based on GDQR. To show the ability and robustness of the mathematical modeling in handling thermal buckling analysis, results obtained from GDQR are compared with some available analytical results in the literature. The effects of dimensions of plates, the functionally graded index, the temperature distribution and boundary conditions are discussed in details. © 2010 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.