Finite Element Analysis of the Deformation of Functionally Graded Plates under Thermomechanical Loads

Table 2

Nondimensional deflection of midpoint versus nondimensional load intensity (𝑃).

	Nondimensional central deflection (𝜔)
𝑃	Metal	𝑛=0.5		𝑛=1		𝑛=2		Ceramic
		Midplane	Neutral plane	Midplane	Neutral plane	Midplane	Neutral plane
1	0.0452	0.0317	0.0328	0.0287	0.03	0.0267	0.0277	0.021
2	0.0905 (0.089)*	0.0633 (0.061)	0.0656	0.0573 (0.056)	0.06	0.0534 (0.052)	0.0554	0.042 (0.0413)
3	0.1357	0.095	0.0985	0.086	0.09	0.0801	0.0831	0.0629
4	0.181 (0.1804)	0.1266 (0.124)	0.1313	0.1146 (0.113)	0.119	0.1067 (0.103)	0.1108	0.0839 (0.083)
5	0.2262	0.1583	0.1641	0.1433	0.149	0.1334	0.1385	0.1049
6	0.2714 (0.269)	0.1899 (0.185)	0.1969	0.172 (0.1695)	0.179	0.1601 (0.154)	0.1662	0.1258 (0.126)
7	0.3167	0.2216	0.2298	0.2006	0.209	0.1868	0.1939	0.1468
8	0.3619 (0.361)	0.2532 (0.248)	0.2626	0.2293 (0.228)	0.239	0.2135 (0.208)	0.2216	0.1678 (0.166)
9	0.4072	0.2849	0.2954	0.2579	0.269	0.2402	0.2493	0.1888
10	0.4524 (0.452)	0.3166 (0.308)	0.3282	0.2866 (0.285)	0.299	0.2669 (0.261)	0.277	0.2097 (0.206)
11	0.4979	0.3482	0.361	0.3153	0.329	0.2935	0.3047	0.2307
12	0.5428 (0.54)	0.3799 (0.365)	0.3939	0.3439 (0.343)	0.359	0.3202 (0.313)	0.3324	0.2517 (0.252)

∗The consistent results of Croce and Venini [18].