An enhanced finite element model for static bending analysis of functionally graded plates with power-law, exponential, and sigmoid material gradients

MO Belarbi, S Benounas, SJ Salami, A Khechai… - Archive of Applied …, 2025 - Springer
This study presents a finite element model formulated to analyze accurately the bending
behavior of functionally graded (FG) plates, employing an improved first-order shear …