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The nonlinear buckling analysis of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) plates subjected to axial compression load is analytically examined in this paper. Assuming that the FG-CNTRC plates are stiffened by an oblique FG-CNTRC stiffener system. Reddy’s higher-order shear deformation plate theory (HSDPT) with the geometrical nonlinearities of von Kármán is applied to establish the basic formulations. Moreover, the smeared stiffener technique is successfully improved for the higher-order shear deformable anisotropic oblique stiffener system by using a homogeneous model of the anisotropic beam. Galerkin’s method is used to achieve the expressions of critical buckling loads and postbuckling load-deflection curves in explicit form. The numerical values display the influences of FG-CNTRC stiffeners, material, and geometrical properties on the nonlinear buckling response of plates.

In this paper, a new improved smeared stiffener technique for the higher-order shear deformable anisotropic stiffeners is presented. The thermo-electro-mechanical nonlinear buckling response of functionally graded graphene reinforcement composite (FG-GRC) laminated plates subjected to the combination of external and axial compression loads in the thermal environment with the inverse piezoelectric effect of a piezoelectric layer is analytically considered. It is proposed that the FG-GRC laminated plates are stiffened by the FG-GRC laminated stiffener system in the longitudinal or transverse directions at the bottom surface and the piezoelectric layer are attached at the top surface. The distribution law of graphene is suitably designed to ensure the piecewise continuity of material. The nonlinear higher-order shear deformation plate theory (HSDPT) is employed to formulate the stability equation system. The stress function is introduced and Galerkin’s method is employed to achieve the algebraically nonlinear stability equation system. Then, the simple calculation procedure can be applied to solve the acquired equation systems, and the expressions of critical buckling loads and postbuckling load-deflection curves are presented in explicit forms. The numerical investigations validate the significant influences of temperature, material, laminated stiffeners, and geometrical features on the nonlinear thermo-electro-mechanical buckling behavior of FG-GRC laminated plates.

Nonlinear buckling analysis for honeycomb auxetic-core sandwich toroidal shell segments with CNT-reinforced face sheets surrounded by elastic foundations under the radial pressure is presented in this study. The basic equation system of shells is established based on the von Kármán–Donnell nonlinear shell theory, combined with Stein and McElman approximation. Meanwhile, the foundation-shell elastic interaction is simulated by the foundation model based on the Pasternak assumption. The Galerkin procedure is utilized to achieve the pre-buckling and post-buckling responses for the shell, from which the radially critical buckling load is determined. Numerical analysis shows the various influences of auxetic-core layer, CNT-reinforced face sheets, and elastic foundation on the pre-buckling and postbuckling behavior of sandwich shells with CNT reinforced face sheets.

This paper presents a semi-analytical approach for investigating the nonlinear buckling and postbuckling of spiral corrugated sandwich functionally graded (FGM) cylindrical shells under external pressure and surrounded by a two-parameter elastic foundation based on Donnell shell theory. The improved homogenization theory for the spiral corrugated FGM structure is applied and the geometrical nonlinearity in a von Karman sense is taken into account. The nonlinear equilibrium equation system can be solved by using the Galerkin method with the three-term solution form of deflection. An explicit solution form for the nonlinear buckling behavior of shells is obtained. The critical buckling pressure and the postbuckling strength of shells are numerically investigated. Additionally, the effects of spiral corrugation in enhancing the nonlinear buckling behavior of spiral corrugated sandwich FGM cylindrical shells are validated and discussed.

In part 1, the governing nonlinear dynamic equations of FGM sandwich doubly curved shallow shells reinforced by FGM stiffeners on elastic foundation subjected to mechanical and thermal loading are established based on the first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) with von Kármán - type nonlinearity and smeared stiffener technique. In the present part, the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method is applied to investigate influences of models of the shells, FGM stiffeners, thermal environment, elastic foundation, and geometrical parameters on the natural frequencies and dynamic nonlinear responses of stiffened FGM sandwich doubly curved shallow shells.

Nonlinear vibration of FGM sandwich doubly curved shallow shells reinforced by FGM stiffeners subjected to mechanical and thermal loading are investigated based on the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) with von Karman type nonlinearity, taking into account initial geometrical imperfection and smeared stiffener technique. Four material models of the FGM sandwich shells are presented. Explicit expressions for natural frequencies, nonlinear frequency-amplitude relation, and time-deflection curves of the FGM sandwich shallow shells are derived using Galerkin method.