Thermal Stability of Thin Rectangular Plates with Variable Thickness Made of Functionally Graded Materials

Subject Areas : Engineering

M Pouladvand ¹

1 - Faculty of Engineering, University of Applied Science and Technology, Borojerd Branch

Received: 2009-07-29 Accepted : 2009-10-10 Published : 2009-09-30

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