Nonlinear static and dynamic thermal buckling analysis of imperfect multilayer FG cylindrical shells with an FG porous core resting on nonlinear elastic foundation

Abstract

In this article, a semi-analytical and analytical method for the nonlinear static and dynamic thermal buckling behavior of imperfect multilayer FG cylindrical shells with an FG porous core in the thermal environment is investigated. The structure is embedded within a generalized nonlinear elastic foundation which is composed of a two-parameter Winkler-Pasternak foundation augmented by a nonlinear cubic stiffness. Two types of multilayer FG cylindrical shells with an FG porosity core distribution consist of a uniform porosity distribution and a non-uniform porosity distribution core are considered. Using the Galerkin method with regard to the von Kármán equations, the discretized motion equation is obtained. The fourth-order Runge-Kutta method is utilized to obtain the nonlinear dynamic thermal buckling responses. The effects of various geometrical characteristics, material parameters, and elastic foundation coefficients are investigated on the nonlinear static thermal buckling and dynamic thermal buckling behavior of the multilayer FG system with an FG porous core. The results show that the various types of porosity core, imperfection and the elastic foundation parameters have strongly effect on the thermal buckling behaviors of the multilayer FG cylindrical shells with an FG porous core.

Keywords:

• FG porous core
• imperfection
• multilayer FG cylindrical shell
• nonlinear dynamic thermal buckling
• nonlinear elastic foundation
• nonlinear static thermal buckling
• thermal environment