Analytical or Semi-analytical Solutions of Functionally Graded Material Structures
Analytical or Semi-analytical Solutions of Functionally Graded Material Structures
by Zheng Zhong
English | 2021 | ISBN: 9811620032 | 405 Pages | PDF EPUB | 45 MB
by Zheng Zhong
English | 2021 | ISBN: 9811620032 | 405 Pages | PDF EPUB | 45 MB
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of functionally graded materials and structures. Functionally graded materials (FGMs), in which the volume fractions of two or more constituent materials are designed to vary continuously as a function of position along certain direction(s), have been developed and studied over the past three decades. The major advantage of FGMs is that no distinct internal boundaries exist, and failures from interfacial stress concentrations developed in conventional components can be avoided. The gradual change of material properties can be tailored to different applications and working environments. As these materials’ range of application expands, new methodologies have to be developed to characterize them, and to design and analyze structural components made of them.