Free Vibration and Bending Behaviour of CNT Reinforced Composite Plate using Different Shear Deformation Theory

摘要

In the present study, the free vibration and the bending behaviour of carbon nanotube reinforced composite plate are computed using three different shear deformation theories under thermal environment. The material properties of carbon nanotube and matrix are assumed to be temperature-dependent, and the extended rule of mixture is used to compute the effectivematerial properties of the composite plate. The convergence and validity of the present modelalso have been checked by computing the wide variety of the numerical example. The applicability of the proposed higher-order models has been highlighted by solving the wide variety of examples for different geometrical and material parameters underelevated thermal environment.The responses are also examined using the simulation model developed in commercial finite element package (ANSYS).