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Materials (Basel). 2019 Mar 19;12(6). doi: 10.3390/ma12060918.

The Study of Buckling and Post-Buckling of a Step-Variable FGM Box.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)

Leszek Czechowski, Zbigniew Kołakowski

Affiliations

  1. Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 ?ód?, Poland. [email protected].
  2. Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 ?ód?, Poland. [email protected].

PMID: 30893942 PMCID: PMC6471584 DOI: 10.3390/ma12060918

Abstract

This work concerns the analysis of a thin-walled box made of ceramic and step-variable functionally graded material (FGM) subjected to compression. The components of the box taken into account were pure alumina and aluminium-alumina graded material. The problem was solved on the basis of a finite element method and Koiter's asymptotic theory using a semi-analytical method (SAM). It analysed both the buckling state and the post-buckling state of the box. In addition, three conditions were considered: The presence of alumina outside or inside of the box and a mixed case. The obtained results were presented and discussed.

Keywords: finite element method; post-buckling state; step-variable functionally graded materials; thin-walled structures

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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