ABSTRACT
This study aims to illustrate various micromechanical modelling schemes that are currently employed to determine the effective mechanical properties of functionally graded materials (FGMs) such as plates, shells, panels, and beams. Due to high thermal resistance, strength, design flexibility, and tailor-made properties, FGMs serve as an alternative option of conventional composite materials in the field of nuclear, aerospace, and aviation industry. In FGM, there is a continuous variation of material properties in more than one direction, which proves quite difficult to estimate the overall mechanical properties of the whole structure. In this article, some of the modeling techniques are reviewed to determine mechanical properties of functionally graded structures that are further used for structural analysis of functionally graded structures.
