Research Article

Structural Stability and Dynamics of FGM Plates Using an Improved 8-ANS Finite Element

Figure 3

Mesh for patch test (Simo et al. [15]). Length of the square ; Young’s modulus ; Poisson’s ratio ; and thickness and boundary displacement conditions for patch tests.
(a) Bending test
(b) Transverse shear test
(c) In-plane tension test