Buckling Analysis of FGM Thick Beam under Different Boundary Conditions Using GDQM

Abstract:

In this paper, buckling analysis of functionally graded (FG) thick beam under different conditions is presented. Based on the first order shear deformation theory, governing equations are obtained for Thimoshenko beam which is subjected to mechanical loads. In functionally graded materials (FGMs) the material properties obeying a simple power law is assumed to vary through thickness. In order to solve the buckling differential equations, Generalized Differential Quadrature Method (GDQM) is employed and thus a set of eigenvalue equations resulted. For solving this eigenvalue problem, a computer program was developed in a way that the influence of different parameters such as height to length ratio, various volume fraction functions and boundary conditions were included. Non-dimensional critical stress was calculated for simply-simply, clamped-simply and clamped-clamped supported beams. The results of GDQ method were compared with reported results from solving the Finite element too. The comparison showed the accuracy of obtained results clearly in this work.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 433-440)
• Pages: 4920-4924
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.433-440.4920
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Fatemeh Farhatnia, Mohammad Ali Bagheri, Amin Ghobadi
• Keywords: Buckling, Functionally Graded, Generalized Quadrature Method, Thimoshenko Beam

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