In this note free vibrations of plate bands with functionally graded properties, resting on an elastic foundation, are investigated. On the micro-level, these plate bands have a tolerance-periodic structure. It can be shown that in dynamic problems of those objects, the effect of the microstructure size plays a role. This effect can be described in the framework of the tolerance model, which is presented here for these bands. Obtained results are evaluated introducing the asymptotic model. Both fundamental and higher free vibration frequencies of these plate bands are calculated using the Ritz method. The effects of differences of material plate properties in the cell on the microlevel and of the foundation are shown.

In this paper, the problem of the stability of functionally graded thin plates with a microstructure is presented. To analyse this problem and take into consideration the effect of microstructure, tolerance modelling is used. The tolerance averaging technique allows us to replace the equation with non-continuous, tolerance-periodic, highly oscillating coefficients of the system of differential equations with slowly-varying coefficients, which describes also the effect of the microstructure. As an example, the buckling of a microstructured functionally graded plate band on a foundation is investigated. To obtain results, the tolerance model and the asymptotic model combined together with the Ritz method are used. It is shown that the tolerance model allows us to take into account the effect of microstructure on critical forces.

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