The rising cost of natural resources and environmental concerns motivate systematic design
and manufacture of more efficient structures. For that purpose, topology optimization has …

Contact stress distribution is sensitive to the interface shape and the material stiffness. A
combination of the interface shape and the material stiffness is investigated to obtain a …

Young's modulus distribution, a significant parameter of a functionally graded material, is
investigated to reduce the stress concentration. An evolutionary optimization algorithm of …

Purpose Inverse distance weighted (IDW) functions are utilized to make models of
heterogenous materials such as functionally graded materials (FGM) in computer aided …

This paper concerns the heuristic-based material stiffness optimization of frictional linear
elastic contact problems for having control over the contact stress distribution, aiming to …

The present work aims to study the stress concentration factor (SCF) reduction using
different functionally graded materials (FGMs) layer around the circular hole in an infinite …

The present work aims to numerically analyze the stress concentration around the central
elliptical inclusion coated by functionally graded material (FGM) using Extended Finite …

Functionally graded material (FGM) is a novel composite material inspired by nature. It is
suitable material for high performance lightweight structure applications in engineering and …

This study aims to provide analytical solutions for circular plates coated or undercoated with
functionally graded materials (FGMs) having Young's modulus functionality through the …

The aim of the present work is to model and analyze stresses around rounded rectangular
inclusion enclosed with functionally graded material (FGM) layer. The inclusion has been …