Free vibrations of porous functionally graded material (FGM) plates with complex shapes are analyzed by using the R-functions method. The thickness of the plate is variable in the direction of one of the axes. Two types of porosity distributions through the thickness are considered: uniform (even) and non-uniform (uneven). The elastic foundation is defined by two parameters (Winkler and Pasternak). To obtain the mathematical model of the problem, the first-order shear deformation theory of the plate (FSDT) is used. The effective material properties in the thickness direction are modeled by means of a power law. Variational Ritz’s method joined with the R-functions theory is used for obtaining a semi-analytical solution of the problem. The approach is applied to a number of case studies and validated by means of comparative analyses carried out on rectangular plates with a traditional finite element approach. The proof of the efficiency of the approach and its capability to handle actual engineering problems is fulfilled for FGM plates having complex shapes and various boundary conditions. The effect of different parameters, such as porosity distribution, volume fraction index, elastic foundation, FGM types, and boundary conditions, on the vibrations is studied.

The R-functions theory and Ritz approach are applied for analysis of free vibrations of laminated functionally graded shallow shells with different types of curvatures and complex planforms. Shallow shells are considered as sandwich shells of different types: a) face sheets of the shallow shells are made of a functionally graded material (FGM) and their cores are made of an isotropic material; b) face sheets of the shallow shells are isotropic, but the core is made of FGM. It is assumed that FGM layers are made of a mixture of metal and ceramics and effective material properties of layers are varied accordingly to Voigt’s rule. Formulation of the problem is carried out using the first-order (Timoshenko’s type) refined theory of shallow shells. Different types of boundary conditions, including clamped, simply supported, free edge and their combinations, are studied. The proposed method and the created computer code have been examined on test problems for shallow shells with rectangular planforms. In order to demonstrate the possibility of the developed approach, novel results for laminated FGM shallow shells with cut of the complex form are presented. Effects of different material distributions, mechanical properties of the constituent materials, lamination scheme, boundary conditions and geometrical parameters on natural frequencies are shown and analyzed.