In this paper, a comprehensive review of various theories for the modeling and analysis of
functionally graded plates and shells is presented. The review is devoted to theoretical …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the various methods employed to study the
static, dynamic and stability behavior of Functionally Graded Material (FGM) plates. Both …

The thermo-mechanical bending behavior of the antisymmetric cross-ply laminates is
examined using a new simple four variable trigonometric plate theory. The proposed theory …

This review focuses mainly on the developments of element-free or meshless methods and
their applications in the analysis of composite structures. This review is organized as follows …

In this paper, a non-uniform rational B-spline based iso-geometric finite element method is
used to study the static and dynamic characteristics of functionally graded material (FGM) …

We present a generalized shear deformation theory in combination with isogeometric (IGA)
approach for nonlinear transient analysis of smart piezoelectric functionally graded material …

A new sinusoidal shear deformation theory is developed for bending, buckling, and vibration
of functionally graded plates. The theory accounts for sinusoidal distribution of transverse …

This paper presents a novel approach based on isogeometric analysis (IGA) and a simple
first-order shear deformation plate theory (S-FSDT) for geometrically nonlinear analysis of …

A meshless local Petrov–Galerkin approach based on the moving Kriging interpolation
technique is developed for geometrically nonlinear thermoelastic analysis of functionally …

An edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) with stabilized discrete shear
gap (DSG) technique using triangular meshes (ES-DSG) was recently proposed to enhance …