Nonlinear vibration and dynamic response of imperfect eccentrically stiffened shear deformable sandwich plate with functionally graded material in thermal environment

This paper presents an analytical approach to investigate the nonlinear dynamic response and vibration of shear deformable imperfect eccentrically stiffened sandwich plate with functionally graded material (FGM) on elastic foundation using both of the first-order shear deformation plate theory and stress function with full motion equations (not using Volmir's assumptions). The thick sandwich plates are assumed to rest on elastic foundation and subjected to mechanical loads in thermal environment. Numerical results for dynamic response of the eccentrically stiffened thick sandwich plates are obtained by Runge–Kutta method. The results show the influences of geometrical parameters, material properties, imperfections, the elastic foundations, eccentric stiffeners, mechanical loads and temperature on the nonlinear dynamic response and nonlinear vibration of functionally graded sandwich plates. The numerical results in this paper are compared with the results reported in other publications.