Steel and Composite Structures
Volume 27, Number 5, 2018, pages 599-611
DOI: 10.12989/scs.2018.27.5.599
A novel four-unknown quasi-3D shear deformation theory for functionally graded plates
Nabil Hebbar, Mohamed Bourada, Mohamed Sekkal, Abdelouahed Tounsi and S.R. Mahmoud
Abstract
In this article a four unknown quasi-3D shear deformation theory for the bending analysis of functionally graded (FG) plates is developed. The advantage of this theory is that, in addition to introducing the thickness stretching impact (<i>
Key Words
quasi 3D theory; bending; functionally graded plate
Address
(1) Nabil Hebbar, Mohamed Bourada, Mohamed Sekkal, Abdelouahed Tounsi:
Material and Hydrology Laboratory, University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Faculty of Technology, Civil Engineering Department, Algeria;
(2) Mohamed Sekkal, Abdelouahed Tounsi:
Laboratoire de Modélisation et Simulation Multi-échelle, Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences Exactes, Département de Physique, Université de Sidi Bel Abbés, Algeria;
(3) Abdelouahed Tounsi:
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia;
(4) S.R. Mahmoud:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.