AN ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR TRANSIENT THREE DIMENSIONAL THERMOELASTICITY OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED CIRCULAR PLATES DUE TO AXISYMMETRIC LOADS

In this paper, an exact solution of transient thermo-elastic problem of three dimensional circular plate made of functionally graded material is developed. The thermal and mechanical loads on upper and lower surfaces are assumed to apply axisymmetric and a simply supported boundary conditions on the lateral surface of the plate is considered, where no limiting assumption is used. The material properties, except Poisson's ratio, are assumed to varying exponentially across the thickness direction. A full analytical method is used, and an exact analytical solution is presented.