Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volume 51, Number 6, 2014, pages 939-953

DOI: 10.12989/sem.2014.51.6.939

Displacements and stresses in pressurized thick FGM cylinders with exponentially varying properties based on FSDT

Mehdi Ghannad and Hamed Gharooni

Abstract

Using the infinitesimal theory of elasticity and analytical formulation based on the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is presented for axisymmetric thick-walled cylinders made of functionally graded materials under internal and/or external uniform pressure. The material is assumed to be isotropic heterogeneous with constant Poisson\'s ratio and radially exponentially varying elastic modulus. At first, general governing equations of the FGM thick cylinders are derived by assumptions of the FSDT. Then the obtained equations are solved under the generalized clamped-clamped conditions. The results are compared with the findings of both FSDT and finite element method (FEM).

Key Words

thick cylinders; shear deformation theory; exponential; FGM; FSDT; FEM

Address

Mehdi Ghannad and Hamed Gharooni : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran