Research Article

A New Hyperbolic Shear Deformation Theory for Bending Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates

Table 2

Center deflections of isotropic homogenous plates ( , E and ).

CPT [12]3D [13]  
SSDPT [6]Present theory:
NHPSDT
Reddy [4]

0.0144360.944384.744383.8444383.8644383.87
0.031643.001650.941650.6461650.6521650.657
0.144.360946.744346.654846.6565546.65836