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Boundary layer phenomena in elastodynamics of functionally graded laminates
Arch. Mech. 58 (4-5), 431-444, 2006
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Abstract
The object of considerations are micro-laminated two-phase solids having macroscopic properties continuously varying in the direction normal to the layering (functionally graded laminates, FGL). The main question posed in this contribution is how to investigate both micro- and macro- dynamic response of the linear-elastic FGL. To answer this question, a new approximate mathematical model of FGL is proposed. This model is represented by a certain refined homogenized equation of motion for averaged displacements and a boundary-layer equation for intrinsic displacement fluctuations. Main attention is given to the investigations of near-initial and near-boundary dynamic phenomena in FGL, which are related to the specific form of initial and boundary conditions. For a periodically laminated medium the obtained results reduce to those derived in [7].