Thermally Induced Bistable Functionally Graded Nanocomposite Plate

Table 7

Comparison of snap-through forces for bistable FG-CNTRC laminates with the same out-of-plane displacement.

	FGX-CNTRC			FGO-CNTRC
Volume fractions	0.12	0.17	0.28	0.12	0.17	0.28
Curing temperature	525	473	400	535	478	392
Snap-through force (N)
FEM	2.50	4.00	5.59	2.38	3.32	4.44
Analytical	2.70	4.28	6.00	2.27	3.41	4.89
Error (%)	8	7	7.3	4.6	2.7	10.1

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