Research Article

A Spline Finite Point Method for Nonlinear Bending Analysis of FG Plates in Thermal Environments Based on a Locking-free Thin/Thick Plate Theory

Table 7

The center deflection for Al/Zr2O3 and Si3N4/SUS304 FG plates under two kinds of temperature rise conditions and C2 with different width-length ratios .

b/aUniform temperature rise (10−3m)Nonlinear temperature rise (10−3m)Relative deviation (%)

Al/Zr2O310.42950.378111.97
2.50.75050.619017.52
50.88620.645027.22

Si3N4/SUS30410.20970.19168.62
2.50.34590.298413.74
50.41620.311325.21

Relative deviation is evaluated between the values in columns 3 and 4.