Thermoelastic analysis of functionally graded graphene reinforced rectangular plates based on 3D elasticity

By Bo Yang, Bo-Syung Yang, Jie Yang, S. Kitipornchai. Meccanica (Milano. Print), 2016

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Thermoelastic bending behaviour of novel functionally graded polymer nanocomposite rectangular plate reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets (GPLs) whose weight fraction varies continuously and smoothly along the thickness direction is investigated. The generalized Mian and Spencer method is utilized to obtain the analytical solutions of nanocomposite rectangular plate with two opposite edges simply supported and under a uniformly distributed transverse load and a temperature change. Three GPL distribution patterns are considered. Comparison between the present analytical solutions and those available in literature is carried out to verify the accuracy of our analytical solutions. A parametric study is conducted to examine the effects of GPL’s weight fraction, distribution pattern, geometry and size as well as the temperature change and plate boundary conditions on the stress and deformation fields of the nanocomposite plates. Numerical results show that the addition of GPLs at a very low content can have a significant reinforcing effect on the thermo-mechanical response of the plate.

Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials

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In Materials Chemistry

  1. Jie Yang
  2. S. Kitipornchai
  3. Helong Wu
  4. Akbar Alibeigloo
  5. Mehran Safarpour
  6. A. Rahimi
  7. H. Bisheh
  8. A. Forooghi

In Mechanics of Materials

  1. Jie Yang
  2. S. Kitipornchai
  3. Helong Wu
  4. Akbar Alibeigloo
  5. Mehran Safarpour
  6. A. Rahimi
  7. H. Bisheh
  8. A. Forooghi

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