TY  - EJOU
AU  - Ma, Chien-Ching  
AU  - Lin, Yi-Hsien  
AU  - Lin, Shih-Hao  

TI  - Transient Wave Propagation in a Functionally Graded Slab and Multilayered Medium Subjected to Dynamic Loadings
T2  - Computers, Materials \& Continua

PY  - 2012
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
SN  - 1546-2226

AB  - In this article, the transient response in a functionally graded material (FGM) slab is analyzed by Laplace transform technique. The numerical Laplace inversion (Durbin's formula) is used to calculate the dynamic behavior of the FGM slab. The slab is subjected an uniform loading at the upper surface, and the lower surface are assumed to be traction-free or fixed conditions. The analytical solutions are presented in the transform domain and the numerical Laplace inversion is performed to obtain the transient response in time domain. To take the accuracy and computational efficiency in consideration, Durbin's method is suitable for calculating the long-time response. In addition, the FGM slab is approximated as a multilayered medium with homogeneous material in each layer, and the transient responses of FGM formulation and multilayered solution are discussed in detail.
KW  - FGM
KW  -  Multilayered structure
KW  -  Durbin
KW  -  Numerical Laplace inversion
KW  -  Transient response

DO  - 10.3970/cmc.2012.031.037