Nonlinear vibration of saturated porous functionally graded plate in thermal environment

This paper investigates the nonlinear vibration of saturated porous functionally graded plate subjected to the combination of mechanical and thermal loadings. Three different distributions of porosity are considered. Based on the Biot and higher order shear deformation theories, the vibration characteristics including natural frequency, deflection amplitude – time curves and relation between frequency ratio and amplitude of the saturated porous plate are determined.