Three-dimensional nonlinear thermo-elastic analysis of functionally graded cylindrical shells with piezoelectric layers by differential quadrature method

摘要

Three-dimensional nonlinear thermo-elastic analysis of a functionally graded cylindrical shell with piezoelectric layers under the effect of asymmetric thermo-electro-mechanical loads is carried out. The strain–displacement relations are based on the nonlinear Lagrangian strain–displacement relations; that is, nonlinear terms containing derivatives of the displacement in the radial direction are included. Material properties of the shell are assumed to be graded in the radial direction according to a power law but the Poisson’s ratio is assumed to be constant. Cylindrical shells are assumed to be under the effect of pressure loading in cosine form, ring pressure loads, electric and temperature fields. Numerical results of stress, displacement, electric and thermal fields are obtained by using two versions of the differential quadrature methods, namely polynomial and Fourier quadrature methods. The convergence of the solution is studied, and results of the axisymmetric loadings are verified with reported results for a cylindrical shell with material properties obeying a power law. Effects of the grading index of material properties, the temperature difference, the ratio of the mean radius to the thickness of the shell, boundary conditions, the thickness of piezoelectric layers and electric excitation on stress, displacement, electric and temperature fields are presented.