M. Ganapathi

TL;DR: In this paper, the static and dynamic characteristics of thick composite laminates exposed to hygrothermal environment are studied using a realistic higher-order theory developed recently, which accounts for the nonlinear variation of the in-plane and transverse displacements through the thickness, and abrupt discontinuity in slope of inplane displacements at any interface.

TL;DR: In this paper, a nonlinear formulation developed based on von Karman's assumptions is employed to study the free vibration characteristics of functionally graded material (FGM) plates subjected to thermal environment.

TL;DR: In this paper, a three-noded shear flexible plate element based on the field-consistency principle is used to investigate asymmetric free vibration characteristics and thermoelastic stability of circular plates using finite element procedure.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of thermal environment on the supersonic flutter behavior of flat panels made of functionally graded materials is investigated using the finite element procedure, where the structural formulation is based on first-order shear theory and material properties are assumed to be temperature dependent and graded in the thickness direction according to power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents.

TL;DR: In this article, the nonlinear behaviors of functionally graded material (FGM) plates under transverse distributed load are investigated using a high precision plate bending finite element. And the effective material properties are then evaluated based on the rule of mixture.