Dynamic Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates and Shells by Radial Basis Functions

摘要

A meshless numerical method with a first-order shear deformation theory is used to study the linear transient response of functionally graded plates and shells. The present meshless method is based on the combination of pseudo-spectral methods and a collocation method with radial basis functions. A Newmark algoritm is used to advance the analysis in time. Results obtained are compared with analytical solutions.