Vibration of non-homogeneous visco-elastic circular plate of linearly varying thickness in steady state temperature field

An analysis is presented for free vibration of a non-homogeneous visco-elastic circular plate with linearly varying thickness in the radial direction subjected to a linear temperature distribution in that direction. The governing differential equation of motion for free vibration is obtained by the method of separation of variables. Rayleigh-Ritz's method has been applied. Deflection, time period and logarithmic decrement corresponding to the first two modes of vibrations of a clamped non-homogeneous visco-elastic circular plate for various values of non-homogeneity parameter, taper constant and thermal gradients are obtained and shown graphically for the Voigt-Kelvin model.