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

Table 3

Nondimensional deflection of midpoint versus nondimensional load intensity (𝑃) (thermo-mechanical load without heat source).

	(𝜔) Nondimensional central deflection for
𝑃	Metal	𝑛=1		𝑛=2		Ceramic
		Midplane	Neutral plane	Midplane	Neutral plane
1	−0.205 (−0.2)*	−0.0665 (−0.0654)	−0.0338	−0.0547 (−0.0595)	−0.0338	−0.0879 (−0.083)
2	−0.1598 (−0.1547)	−0.0379 (−0.0345)	−0.0038	−0.028 (−0.0298)	−0.0061	−0.0669 (−0.0654)
3	−0.1146 (−0.1083)	−0.0092 (−0.0095)	0.0262	−0.0013 (−0.0015)	0.0216	−0.0459 (−0.0452)
4	−0.069 (−0.0654)	0.0195 (0.0189)	0.0562	0.0254 (0.0226)	0.0493	−0.025 (−0.0238)
5	−0.024 (−0.0214)	0.0481 (0.0476)	0.0862	0.0521 (0.0571)	0.077	−0.004 (−0.0038)
6	0.021	0.0768	0.1161	0.0788	0.1047	0.017
7	0.066	0.1054	0.1461	0.1054	0.1324	0.038
8	0.1115	0.1341	0.1761	0.1321	0.1601	0.0589
9	0.1568	0.1628	0.2061	0.1588	0.1878	0.0799
10	0.202	0.1914	0.2361	0.1855	0.2155	0.1009
11	0.2473	0.2201	0.2661	0.2122	0.2432	0.1219
12	0.2925	0.2487	0.296	0.2389	0.2709	0.1428

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