ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the heat transfer response of perfect and porous nonhomogeneous plates. Here, the structure is graded functionally in one direction, and their thermal properties are decided by extended Voigt’s micromechanical scheme and power-law. The porosity within the material is incorporated by considering randomly distributed porosity of even type. The plate is subjected to the Dirichlet boundary condition at the left and right edges. The steady-state temperature response of unidirectional functionally graded plate is computed using the differential transform method. The present outcomes are compared with the available published results to showcase the correctness of the method. Finally, the effect of the porosity index on the temperature response of the porous nonhomogeneous structure is discussed.
