@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999232, title = {Transverse Vibration of Non-Homogeneous Rectangular Plates of Variable Thickness Using GDQ}, author = {R. Saini and R. Lal}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {The effect of non-homogeneity on the free transverse vibration of thin rectangular plates of bilinearly varying thickness has been analyzed using generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method. The non-homogeneity of the plate material is assumed to arise due to linear variations in Young’s modulus and density of the plate material with the in-plane coordinates x and y. Numerical results have been computed for fully clamped and fully simply supported boundary conditions. The solution procedure by means of GDQ method has been implemented in a MATLAB code. The effect of various plate parameters has been investigated for the first three modes of vibration. A comparison of results with those available in literature has been presented. }, journal = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering}, volume = {8}, number = {9}, year = {2014}, pages = {1197 - 1202}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999232}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/93}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 93, 2014}, }