In this paper the problem of a density-functionally gradient beam subjected to uniform load is studied. Airy stress function methodology is used to obtain a set of analytical solutions for simply supported and clamped beams subjected to uniform load. A stress function in the form of polynomial is proposed and determined. The treatment for fixed-end boundary conditions is the same as that presented by Timoshenko and Goodier (1970). By this method all of the analytical plane-stress solutions can be obtained for a uniformly loaded isotropic beam with rectangular cross section under different types of classical boundary conditions.
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