Analysis of Temperature Field in a Composite Functionally Graded Material Plate by Finite Element Method

Abstract

A finite element model is constructed to analyze the effects of steady state temperature field on FGM layer thickness. The first-order shear deformation model is exploited to investigate the uncoupled thermal behavior of functionally graded plates in Abacus environment. The continuum is divided into 540 elements and 541 nodes using two node linear elements. The results show that the temperature distribution in the composite plate is more reasonable with increase in the thickness of FGM layer. The comparison with the non-graded two layered composite plate, the temperature field of the Zirconia/FGM/Aluminum three layered composite plate is in the form of a curve but in case of non-graded two layered composite plate the temperature field is in the form of inclined straight line with sharp bend at the interface of metal and ceramic phase. Keywords Finite element, functionally graded material (FGM), temperature field.