Static behaviour of functionally graded sandwich beams using a quasi-3D theory

Thuc Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Fawad Inam, Jaehong Lee

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Abstract

This paper presents static behaviour of functionally graded (FG) sandwich beams by using a quasi-3D theory, which includes both shear deformation and thickness stretching effects. Various symmetric and non-symmetric sandwich beams with FG material in the core or skins under the uniformly distributed load are considered. Finite element model (FEM) and Navier solutions are developed to determine the displacement and stresses of FG sandwich beams for various power-law index, skin-core-skin thickness ratios and boundary conditions. Numerical results are compared with those predicted by other theories to show the effects of shear deformation and thickness stretching on displacement and stresses.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)59- 74
JournalComposites Part B: Engineering
Volume68
Early online date20 Aug 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

  • Numerical analysis

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