Flexural Behavior of Shear Deformable FGM Composites with Corrugation

This chapter analyzes deflection behavior of sinusoidally corrugated functionally graded composite panels. Material properties of functionally graded panels are examined using Voigt’s model via power-law distribution. The panel is subjected to uniform and sinusoidal load. Displacement field is based on higher-order shear deformation theory having nine degrees-of-freedom. The governing equations are obtained by using a variational principle. The proposed model is validated with the available literature to show its efficacy. The significance of various parameters such as power-law index, side-to-thickness ratio, wave height, support conditions, and aspect ratio on the bending behavior of sinusoidally corrugated functionally graded panel are exemplified through numerical illustrations.