Steel and Composite Structures

Volume 43, Number 6, 2022, pages 821-837

DOI: 10.12989/scs.2022.43.6.821

Effects of Pasternak foundation on the bending behavior of FG porous plates in hygrothermal environment

Ikram Kheira Bot , Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla , Amine Zemri , Mohamed Sekkal , Abdelhakim Kaci , Fouad Bourada , Abdelouahed Tounsi , M.H. Ghazwani , S.R. Mahmoud

Abstract

This research is devoted to study the effects of humidity and temperature on the bending behavior of functionally graded (FG) ceramic-metal porous plates resting on Pasternak elastic foundation using a quasi-3D hyperbolic shear deformation theory developed recently. The present plate theory with only four unknowns, takes into account both transverse shear and normal deformations and satisfies the zero traction boundary conditions on the surfaces of the functionally graded plate without using shear correction factors. Material properties of porous FG plate are defined by rule of the mixture with an additional term of porosity in the through-thickness direction. The governing differential equations are obtained using the "principle of virtual work". Analytically, the Navier method is used to solve the equations that govern a simply supported FG porous plate. The obtained results are checked by comparing the results determined for the perfect and imperfect FG plates with those available in the scientific literature. Effects due to material index, porosity factors, moisture and thermal loads, foundation rigidities, geometric ratios on the FG porous plate are all examined. Finally, this research will help us to design advanced functionally graded materials to ensure better durability and efficiency for hygro-thermal environments.

Key Words

functionally graded materials; porosity; hygrothermal; thickness stretching; elastic foundation

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