Thermoelastic interaction in functionally graded thick hollow cylinder with temperature-dependent properties

ABSTRACT

The prediction of thermoelastic behavior induced by transient thermal shock is important to evaluate the durability of functionally graded materials. The purpose of this article is to study the axisymmetric thermoelastic interaction in a functionally graded thick hollow cylinder by an asymptotic approach. The governing equations with variable material properties, which are spatially graded and temperature dependent, are proposed based on the generalized theory of thermoelasticity with one relaxation time (L–S theory). The Laplace transform technique is used to derive the general solutions with the cylinder divided into thin cylinders and material properties assumed constant in each thin cylinder. The inverse Laplace transform is then conducted analytically by some approximations in the time domain, and the short-time solution of the problem with its interior boundary subjected to a sudden temperature rise and the outer surface maintained at constant temperature are obtained. Utilizing these asymptotic solutions, the propagation of thermal and thermoelastic waves are studied, which display dependence of each wave’s propagation upon the relaxation time, volume fraction parameter and temperature. The distributions of the radial displacement, temperature and stresses are also plotted and discussed. These results reveal effects of these variable material properties with spatial position and temperature on thermoelastic behavior.

KEYWORDS:

• Asymptotic approach
• axisymmetric thermoelastic interaction
• functionally graded material
• L–S theory
• temperature-dependent properties
• thick hollow cylinder