Investigation of the Eigenvector of Stochastic Finite Element Methods of Functionally Graded Beams with Random Elastic Modulus

Abstract

This paper presents a stochastic finite element method to calculate the variation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of functionally graded beams. The modulus of functionally graded material is assumed to have spatial uncertainty as a one-dimensional random field. The formulation of the stochastic finite element method for the functionally graded beam due to the randomness of the elastic modulus of the beam is given using the first-order perturbation approach. This approach was validated with Monte Carlo simulation in previous studies using spectral representation to generate the random field. The statistics of the beam responses were investigated using the first-order perturbation method for different fluctuations of the elastic modulus. A comparison of the results of the stochastic finite element method with the first-order perturbation approach and the Monte Carlo simulation showed a minimal difference.