A novel nonlocal shear deformation theory is established to investigate functionally graded nanoplates. The significant benefit of this theory is that it consists of only one unknown variable in its displacement formula and governing differential equation, but it can take into account both the quadratic distribution of the shear strains and stresses through the plate thickness as well as the small-scale effects on nanostructures. The numerical solutions of simply supported rectangular functionally graded material nanoplates are carried out by applying the Navier procedure. To indicate the accuracy and convergence of this theory, the present solutions have been compared with other published results. Furthermore, a deep parameter study is also carried out to exhibit the influence of some parameters on the response of the functionally graded material nanoplates.
The nonlinear buckling and post-buckling response of imperfect porous plates is investigated analytically in this paper. The porous materials with elastic moduli are assumed to vary through the thickness of the plate according to two different distribution types. Governing equations are derived based on the classical shell theory taking into account Von Karman nonlinearity and initial geometrical imperfection. Explicit relations of load–deflection curves for rectangular porous plates are determined by applying stress function and Galerkin’s method. The accuracy of present theoretical formulation is verified by comparing it with available results in the literature. The effects of varying porosity distribution, porosity coefficient, boundary condition and imperfection on post-buckling behavior of the porous plate are studied in detail. A parametric study is carried out to investigate the effects of varying porosity distribution, porosity coefficient, boundary condition and imperfection on post-buckling behavior of the porous plate. The results show that the critical buckling loads decrease with increasing porosity coefficient and the post-buckling curves for nonlinear symmetric porosity distribution are always higher than those for nonlinear non-symmetric porosity.
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