1st Edition

Functionally Graded Materials Analysis and Applications to FGM, FG-CNTRC and FG Porous Structures

By Souhir Zghal, Fakhreddine Dammak Copyright 2025
    440 Pages 326 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Functionally Graded Materials: Analysis and Applications to FGM, FG-CNTRC and FG Porous Structures aims to disseminates knowledge between users, manufacturers, designers, and researchers involved in structures or structural components manufactured using functionally graded materials. 

    Despite a number of existing texts on the theory and analysis of plates and/or shells, there is not a single book that is devoted entirely to the analysis of functionally graded-based materials including FGMs, FG-CNTRCs and FG porous plates and shells. Functionally Graded Materials provides the reader with current research conducted in the field of composite materials, numerical simulations, computer methods and mechanical responses of structural components under different scenarios.

    This book is a valuable reference source for postgraduate students, engineers, scientists, professors, researchers, and applied mathematicians in this field.

     

    Table of Contents

     

    Chapter 1. Kinematic models of functionally gradient-based shells

    Chapter 2. Thermal analysis of FGM structures using (I-FSDT)

    Chapter 3. Buckling and post-buckling of FGM plates and shells

    Chapter 4. Mechanical analysis of FG-CNTRC structures

    Chapter 5. Nonlinear analysis of FG-CNTRC plates and shells

    Chapter 6. Buckling and post-buckling of FG-CNTRC plates and shells

    Chapter 7. Bending and free vibration analysis of FG porous beams

    Chapter 8. Mechanical analysis of FG porous structures

    Appendices

    Biography

    Dr. Souhir ZGHAL, Associate professor at high Institute of Applied Science and Technology of
    University of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia. She was born on 01 June 1985 in Sfax where she received the
    high school degree at Majida Boulila lyceum, in 2004. In 2009, she has received her mechanical engineering
    degree from National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT). She has received her P.h.d in
    mechanical engineering in 2015 from National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT) and FEMTOST
    Institute, University of Franche-Comt´e, Besancon-France. Her research interests include finite
    element analysis, composite structures, computers methods and simulations, advanced materials like
    functionally graded materials (FGM), Carbon nanotubes, porosity, and graphene platelets, Structural
    dynamics, vibrations, viscoelasticity, sandwich structures, Nonlinear dynamics, computational
    structural mechanics, Stress analysis, Algorithms. Her group is particularly interested in research
    problems related to structural advanced materials by developing finite element codes and computers
    methods that able to investigate various geometries with different shapes and with a vast areas
    of analysis like bending, vibrations, dynamics, mechanical and thermal buckling and post-buckling
    responses of FGM, FG-CNTRC, porous-FGM based beams, plates and shells. An ambitious group
    with a creative master head has published more than 200 scientific articles and communications
    in the most recognized mechanical engineering journals and conferences proceedings. As a young
    researcher in mechanical engineering field, she has received over 1500 citations and an h-index
    of 17 (Data from Scopus January 2024). She is also a recognized reviewer in the most impactful
    international journals through Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Sages publishing CO.

    Prof. Fakhreddine DAMMAK, Full professor at National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS),
    Sfax, Tunisia. He was born on 16 November 1962 in Sfax and he has obtained his Ph.D. degree
    in mechanical engineering from Laval university, Quebec, Canada in 1997. During the period of
    1998 to 2004 he was assistant at National Institute of Applied Science and technologies of Tunis,
    Tunisia. Then, he was joined the National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), in 2005 as an
    associate professor in mechanical engineering. He has taught over twenty different graduate and undergraduate courses in mechanical engineering and has conducted four courses covering the finite
    element and plate/shell modeling codes for engineer students. He has over 250 technical/scientific
    papers published in the international journals and conferences with an h-index of 36 (Data from
    Scopus January 2024) He is expert in finite element modeling, structural analysis, materials science
    covering new materials like functionally graded materials, carbon-nanotubes reinforced composite
    (FG-CNTRC), FG porous structures, smart materials, nanocomposite, sheet forming and more on.
    He is also a member of the scientific communities of Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems
    international conference with its all editions and a reviewer of over 40 different international journals.
    He is the distinguished professor of finite element codes of Ministry of Higher Education and
    Research in Tunisia.