Vibrational Behavior ofTemperature-Dependent Piece-Wise Functionally Graded Polymeric Nanocomposite Plates Reinforced withMonolayer Graphene

Abstract

This work investigates the free vibration response of functionally graded (FG) nanocomposite laminated plates in thermal environments. The nanocomposite plies consist of a polymer matrix strengthened by nano-scale reinforcements, namely a graphene monolayer. This is a case of matrix/graphene mixture or in other words graphene-reinforced nanocomposite (GRNC). Besides the uniform distribution pattern of the graphene reinforcements, four piece-wise FG patterns are also considered to fnd out the best way to reinforce the nanocomposite plates. The FG distribution patterns are structured by varying the amount of the graphene nano-reinforcements from ply to ply.