Abstract
This paper is concerned with the theoretical treatment of transient thermoelastic problem involving a functionally graded rectangular plate due to nonuniform heat supply. The thermal and thermoelastic constants of the rectangular plate are assumed to vary exponentially in the thickness direction. The transient three-dimensional temperature is analyzed by the methods of Laplace and finite cosine transformations. We obtain the three-dimensional solution for the simple supported rectangular plate. Some numerical results for the temperature change, the displacement and the stress distributions are shown in figures.
