Thermoelastic Transient Behavior for a Clamped FGM Circular Plate

In this paper, the thermoelastic transient behavior of a clamped circular plate composed of functionally graded material (FGM) is investigated. The material properties of the FGM circular plate are assumed to vary through the plate thickness according to a power law distribution of the volume fraction of constituent materials, except Poisson's ratio, which is assumed as constant. Based on the von Karman equation and classical theory of thin plates, the equation of motion for the FGM circular plate is derived by the Hamilton principle. The nonlinear governing equation is solved by the Galerkin method, along with Newmark's integration method, in an iterative manner. Numerical results reveal that the functional gradient index, ratio of thickness to radius, thermal and mechanical loads have significant effect on the thermoelastic transient behavior of the clamped FGM circular plate. The result presented herein may be used as a reference for solving other transient coupled problems of thermoelasticity.