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Bending and vibration of functionally graded material sandwich plates using an accurate theory

In this paper, the bending and the free flexural vibration behaviour of sandwich functionally graded material (FGM) plates are investigated using QUAD-8 shear flexible element developed based on higher order structural theory. This theory accounts for the realistic variation of the displacements through the thickness. ...

Integrating strong and weak discontinuities without integration subcells and example applications in

Partition of unity methods, such as the extended finite element method, allows discontinuities to be simulated independently of the mesh ( Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng. 1999; 45 :601620). This eliminates the need for the mesh to be aligned with the discontinuity or cumbersome re‐meshing, as the discontinuity evolves. H...

Application of higher-order structural theory to bending and free vibration analysis of sandwich plat

In this paper, the bending and free flexural vibration behavior of sandwich plates with carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced facesheets are investigated using QUAD-8 shear flexible element developed based on higher-order structural theory. This theory accounts for the realistic variation of the displacements through the th...