Buckling Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates with Simply Supported Edges

Thermal buckling analyses of S-FGM are investigated by using first order shear deformation theory. Material properties are varied continuously in the thickness direction according to a sigmoid distribution. The thermal buckling behaviours under uniform, linear and sinusoidal temperature rise across the thickness are analyzed. In addition, the effects of temperature field, volume fraction distributions, and system geometric parameters are investigated. The results are compared with the results of the classic plate theory (CPT).