A semi-analytical iterative method as one of the newest analytical methods is used for the elastic analysis of thick-walled spherical pressure vessels made of functionally graded materials subjected to internal pressure. This method is accurate, fast and has a reasonable order of convergence. It is assumed that material properties except Poisson’s ratio are graded through the thickness directio...

The problem of automatically generating unstructured tetrahedral meshes having a user specified number of elements in the thickness direction without over-refinement in the other directions is addressed in this paper. The procedures generate meshes with multiple elements through the thickness by anisotropically enriching an initial mesh, using local mesh modification procedures, wherever the me...

In this study buckling analysis of solid rectangular plate made of porous material in undrained condition is investigated. The mechanical properties of plate are assumed to vary through the thickness direction. Distributing of the pores through the plate thickness are assumed to be the nonlinear nonsymmetric, nonlinear symmetric, and monotonous distribution. The effect of pores and pores distri...

This paper presents mechanical behavior of a functionally graded (FG) cantilever micro-beam subjected to a nonlinear electrostatic pressure and thermal moment considering effects of material length scale parameters. Material properties through the beam thickness direction are graded. The top surface of the micro-beam is made of pure metal and the bottom surface from a mixture of metal and ceram...

The deformation mechanism of incremental sheet forming (ISF) is examined experimentally through forming specially prepared copper sheets. Strain distributions through the thickness of the sheets are measured for two configurations of ISF: two-point incremental forming (TPIF) and single-point incremental forming (SPIF), and a comparison is made to pressing. The measurements show that the deforma...

In this study, nonlinear analysis for thick cylindrical pressure vessels with arbitrary variable thickness made of hyperelastic functionally graded material properties in nearly incompressible state and clamped boundary conditions under non-uniform pressure loading is presented. Thickness and pressure of the shell are considered in axial direction by arbitrary nonlinear profiles. The FG materia...

Piezoresistivity (change of the volume electrical resistivity with strain) in continuous carbon fiber polymer-matrix structural composites allows electrical-resistance-based strain/ stress sensing. Uniaxial through-thickness compression is encountered in fastening. As shown for a 24-lamina quasi-isotropic epoxy-matrix composite, compression results in (i) strain-induced reversible decreases in ...

Graphite oxide (GO) paper is a polarizable electrical conductor in the through-thickness direction, as shown by alternating-current electrical testing performed with decoupling of the volumetric and interfacial contributions. The solid part (69 vol%) of the dark brown paper (112e358 mm thick) exhibits carbon/oxygen atomic ratio 2.0, and interlayer spacing 8.60 Å. At 50 Hz and 2 MHz respectively...

a comparison of buckling analysis of the nanoplate and nanocomposite plate with central square hole embedded in winkler foundation is presented in this article. in order to enhance mechanical properties of nanoplate with central cut out, carbon nano tubes (cnts) are applied as uniform distribution (ud) through thickness direction. in order to define the shape function of plate with square cut o...

Microalloyed S355N steel plates are extensively used in bridge and high-rise building structures. One of the factors affecting the mechanical properties is the size and morphology of inclusions. In this research, microalloyed S355N steel plates with different sizes of inclusions were examined. One contained long manganese sulfide inclusions (LI material) and the other had short ones (SI materia...