Thermoelastic Vibration of Shear Deformable Functionally Graded Curved Beams with Microstructural Defects

In the present study, the thermoelastic vibration of shear deformable functionally graded material (FGM) curved beams with microstructural defects (porosity) has been analyzed by the finite element method. The formulation is based on the higher-order shear deformation theory. The material properties of FGM beams are allowed to vary continuously in the thickness direction by a simple power-law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. Even and uneven distributions of porosities in the beam have been considered with temperature dependent material properties. Comparison and convergence study has been performed to validate the present formulation. Parametric studies have been done to study the effect of different influencing parameters on the frequency of the FGM curved beam, i.e. porosity, temperature rise, volume fraction index and opening angle. Some new results are presented which can be used as benchmark solutions for future research.