O.O. Oyekoya, D.U. Mba1, A.M. El-Zafrany
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.34, No.1, pp. 55-86, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.034.055
Abstract In this paper, two new Mindlin-type plate bending elements have been derived for the modelling of functionally graded plate subjected to various loading conditions such as tensile loading, in-plane bending and out-of-plane bending. The properties of the first Mindlin-type element (i.e. Average Mindlin-type element) are computed by using an average fibre distribution technique which averages the macro-mechanical properties over each element. The properties of the second Mindlin-type element (i.e. Smooth Mindlin-type element) are computed by using a smooth fibre distribution technique, which directly uses the macro-mechanical properties at Gaussian quadrature points of each element. There were two types of non-linearity… More >
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