Thermally Induced Bistable Functionally Graded Nanocomposite Plate

Table 9

Comparison of snap-through forces for bistable FG-CNTRC laminates with different volume fraction exponents for two layers.

	Volume fraction exponent		Snap-through force (N) FEM		Snap-through force (N) analytical
	n0	n90	Stable I	Stable II	Stable I	Stable II
FGO-CNTRC	1	0.6	0.145	−0.745	0.049	−0.673
		0.8	0.353	−0.673	0.249	−0.587
		1.0	0.592	−0.586	0.489	−0.489
		1.2	0.861	−0.488	0.771	−0.384
		1.4	1.162	−0.376	1.092	−0.270
		1.6	1.494	−0.255	1.452	−0.150
		1.8	1.858	−0.120	1.853	−0.025