J. Yarasca

TL;DR: In this article, a static analysis of functionally graded single and sandwich beams is presented by using an efficient 7DOFs quasi-3D hybrid type theory, where the governing equations are derived by employing the principle of virtual works in a weak form and solved by means of the Finite Element Method (FEM).

TL;DR: In this article, a static analysis of functionally graded (FG) single and sandwich beams is presented by using a simple and efficient 4-unknown quasi-3D hybrid type theory, which includes both shear deformation and thickness stretching effects.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present best theory diagrams (BTDs) for plates considering all the displacement and stress components as objectives, a diagram in which the minimum number of terms that have to be used to achieve the desired accuracy can be read Maclaurin, zig-zag, trigonometric and exponential expansions are employed for static analysis of cross-ply composite plates.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented best theory diagrams (BTDs) constructed from various non-polynomial terms to identify best plate theories for metallic and functionally graded plates, which are then compared with BTDs using Maclaurin expansions for a given number of unknown variables of the displacement field.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented best theory diagrams (BTDs) employing combinations of Maclaurin, trigonometric and exponential terms to build two-dimensional theories for laminated cross-ply plates.