Laminated composite and sandwich structures are lightweight structures that can be found
in many diverse applications especially civil, mechanical and aerospace engineering. The …

Composite, sandwich and functionally graded materials are frequently utilized for different
applications. Thus, numerous optimization studies have been conducted on structures made …

This work provides a comparative analysis of the effect of nanovoids distribution associated
with trigonometric functions on forced mechanical characteristics of functionally graded …

Here, higher order models of elastic composite multilayer shells of revolution are developed
using the variational principle of virtual power for the 3-D linear anisotropic theory of …

Capability of energy absorption in sandwich curved high-order beam structures is
investigated in this study. The structure is composed of two surrounding piezoelectric layers …

Adopting an effective layup sequence in laminated composite structures has always
compelled scientists to investigate the behavior of laminated composite constructions. The …

In this paper, wave propagation analysis of a viscoelastic system of curved nanobeams
made of porous functionally graded materials (P-FGM) is studied, for the first time. The …

The influence of various homogenization models is studied on the free vibration behavior of
a functionally graded material (FGM) curved microbeam which is modeled using the …

This article deals with the static bending response of a functionally graded polymer
composite (FG-PC) curved beam reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) subjected to …

Available shear deformation theories (SDTs) in the literature have their own merits and
demerits. Among SDTs, first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) and higher-order shear …