Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2016, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (10): 5-10.

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THE STABILITY OF FGM CIRCULAR PLATES SUBJECTED TO FOLLOWER FORCE

LI Qing-lu1, LUAN Wei-di1, LI Shi-rong2   

  1. 1.School of Sciences, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China;
    2.College of Civil Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China
  • Received:2016-04-19 Online:2016-11-25 Published:2016-11-25

Abstract: The stability of the functionally graded material circular plate made of ceramic and metal subjected to follower force were investigated. It is assumed that the properties of the functionally graded material vary continuously only with the thickness of the plate and their variation has a simple power law distribution with the volume fraction of the constituents. The governing equations are derived, and then the nonlinear governing equations with two kind boundary conditions are numerically solved by shooting method, respectively. The effects of power index and boundary condition on the behavior of buckling and bending were discussed. The numerical results indicated that homogenous circular plate occurred in the traditional sense of the buckling under two kinds of boundary conditions, and FGM circular plate under the follower load will be buckling when the gradient index p<1, and plate only bending when p>1. Results show that the gradient properties of the materials and the boundary conditions have important effects on the bending and buckling behavior.

Key words: functionally graded material (FGM), circular plates, follower force, stability, shooting method

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