Abstract

Recent studies demonstrated that porous materials could gain satisfying improvements in some mechanical properties by adding graphene platelet (GPL) reinforcements. Following this result, the present work exhibits a semi-analytical method to investigate the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of the functionally graded GPLs reinforced porous (FG-GPLRP) plate under a moving mass. Two types of boundary conditions, i.e., simply supported (SSSS) and clamped (CCCC) edges, are incorporated in the study. Based on the refined sinusoidal shear deformation theory (RSSDT) and von Kármán nonlinearity, the governing equations are transformed into a group of ordinary differential equations for the deflection of the plate. Then, the dynamic behaviours of the plate can be investigated by operating the fourth-order Runge–Kutta approach. After verification, several numerical examples are displayed to illustrate the effects of porosity coefficient, GPLs content, Winkler–Pasternak foundation, damping, initial imperfection, and compression stress on the moving-load-bearing capability of the plate. The obtained results demonstrate that, without harming its moving load capacity, it is possible to decrease the mass of the FG-GPLRP plate to a satisfying extent by altering the porosity and GPLs content.

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