... simulations displaying the contact force, the transversal displacement and the penetration depth are graphically presented, and pertinent conclusions regarding the implications of incorporation of graded material systems are outlined. circular plate elastic functionally graded orthotropic materials...

... Functionally graded material Axisymmetric Circular plate Annular plate Second-order plate theory In this paper, axisymmetric bending and stretching of functionally graded solid circular and annular plate is studied based on the second-order shear deformation plate theory (SST...