Static and Free Vibration Analyses of Orthotropic FGM Plates Resting on Two-Parameter Elastic Foundation by a Mesh-Free Method

Abstract

In this paper, static and free vibrations behaviors of the orthotropic functionally graded material (FGM) plates resting on the two-parameter elastic foundation are analyzed by the a mesh-free method based on the first order shear deformation plate theory (FSDT). The mesh-free method is based on moving least squares (MLS) shape functions and essential boundary conditions are imposed by transfer function method. The orthotropic FGM plates are made of two orthotropic materials and their volume fractions are varied smoothly along the plate thickness. The convergence of the method is demonstrated and to validate the results, comparisons are made with finite element method (FEM) and the others available solutions for both homogeneous and FGM plates then numerical examples are provided to investigate the effects of material distributions, elastic foundation coefficients, geometrical dimensions, applied force and boundary conditions on the static and vibrational characteristics of the orthotropic FGM plates.