Abstract:The paper presents an analysis of the axisymmetric bending of a functionally graded circular plate under elastically supported boundary condition.The displacement function of the functionally graded circular plate was written as Fourier Bessel series.Based on the basic equations of axisymmetric isotropic functionally graded materials under the assumption that the material property has the exponential dependence on the thickness coordinate,an exact solution of displacements and stresses field was obtained for an elastically supported circular plate subject to axisymmetric normal and shearing loadings on its upper and lower surfaces.With the variation of material graded distributions,the response of the circular plate subjected to axisymmetric loadings on its upper and lower surfaces was studied through a numerical example.The obtained solution demonstrates that the graded material properties have significant effects on the mechanical behavior of the plate.