Functionally graded materials, as a branch of new materials, have attracted increasing attention in recent years. A survey in the literature reveals the existence of wealth investigations on analysis of functionally graded material beams. Among them, Kang and Lee [1] presented explicit expressions for deflection and rotation of an FGM cantilever beam subjected to an end moment. Considering the ...

This is a review paper containing the governing equations and analytical solutions of classical shear deformation theories functionally graded straight beams. The classical, first-order, third-order account for through-thickness variation two-constituent material, modified couple stress (i.e., strain gradient), von Kármán nonlinearity. Analytical bending linear theories, some which are not read...