This paper is devoted to the minimization of the stress concentration factor in infinite plates
with circular hole made of functionally graded materials and subjected to a far-field uniform …

The functionally graded (FG) flexoelectric material is a potential material to determine the
structural morphing of aircrafts. This work proposes the penalty 20-node element based on …

It has been recently suggested by the author that in the classical problem of a sharp wedge
or crack loaded in plane (mode I and/or mode II), the stress singularity can be removed by …

In this paper, the minimization of the stress concentration due to non-circular holes and
cutouts for functionally graded plates subject to uniaxial traction is considered. Under …

The growing interest in additive manufacturing and printed materials has opened new
possibilities for the development and application of Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) …

Skew plates are important elements of many structures. The two-dimensional structural
action of plates results in lighter structures and therefore offer numerous economic …

Recent technologies permit to build materials which have elastic spatially varying modulus
which can also imitate solutions adopted in Nature to optimize some structures. It has been …