An Accurate Solution Method for the Static and Vibration Analysis of Functionally Graded Reissner‐Mindlin Rectangular Plate with General Boundary Conditions

Abstract

This paper presents an accurate solution method for the static and vibration analysis of functionally graded Reissner-Mindlin plate with general boundary conditions on the basis of the improved Fourier series method. In the theoretical formulations, the governing equations and the general elastic boundary equations are obtained by using Hamilton’s principle. The components of admissible displacement functions are expanded as an improved Fourier series form which contains a 2D Fourier cosine series and auxiliary function in the form of 1D series. The major role of the auxiliary function is to remove the potential discontinuities of the displacement function and its derivatives at the edges and ensure and accelerate the convergence of the series representation. The characteristic equations are easily obtained via substituting admissible displacement functions into governing equations and the general elastic boundary equations. Several examples are made to show the excellent accuracy and convergence of the current solutions. The results of this paper may serve as benchmark data for future research in related field.

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