Research Article

Thermally Induced Bistable Functionally Graded Nanocomposite Plate

Table 5

The relative error of corner out-of-plane displacement for bistable FG-CNTRC laminates.

FGX-CNTRCFGO-CNTRC

Volume fractions0.120.170.280.120.170.28
FEM−0.0133−0.0176−0.0311−0.0126−0.0170−0.0340
Analytical−0.0128−0.0177−0.0323−0.0123−0.0171−0.0354
Error (%)3.30.24.22.40.54.1

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