Numerical and Analytical Investigation of a Cylinder Made of Functional Graded Materials under Thermo-Mechanical Fields
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Javad Jafari Fesharaki
1
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran)
Seyed Ghasem Madani
2
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran)
Sa’id Golabi
3
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran)
Keywords: Stress, functionally graded materials, Strain, Thermo-Elastic, Cylinder,
Abstract :
This research develops thermo-elastic analysis of a functionally graded cylinder under thermo-mechanical loadings. Heat conduction equation in cylindrical coordinate system is solved. Thermal conductivity coefficient is graded along the radial direction. By considering a symmetric distribution of temperature, loading and boundary conditions, strain-displacement and stress-strain relations can be developed. Material properties such as modulus of elasticity are graded along the radial direction. For validation of the obtained results; a complete numerical analysis using finite element approach is presented.