Steady‐State Creep Analysis of Functionally Graded Rotating Cylinder

Axi‐symmetric component like cylinder etc. has to operate under severe thermo‐mechanical loads, which cause significant creep. It, thus, reduces its service life. The present study investigates the steady‐state creep in a functionally graded rotating cylinder at constant angular speed. The cylinder is made up of aluminium matrix and reinforced with silicon carbide particles. The thermal gradient in the functionally graded rotating cylinder is estimated by performing finite element analysis on ANSYS software (ANSYS Inc., Canonsburg, USA). The creep behaviour of the cylinder has been described by threshold stress‐based creep law. The creep parameters are obtained by conducting regression analysis. The mathematical models have been developed to describe steady‐state creep in the cylinder. The study reveals that the radial, tangential, axial and effective stresses in the cylinder are significantly affected by the presence of particle gradient alone as well as with the presence of particle & thermal gradient both. It has been found that the creep rates have been reduced significantly by imposition of particle and thermal gradients together and thus increases the service life of cylinder.     

Investigating Creep Performance and Predicting Rupture Time for Rotating FGM Disc under Different Thermal Gradients

A mathematical model is developed to describe the steady state creep in a rotating Al-SiC_p disc having a non-linear thickness profile and distribution of SiC particles along the radial direction. The model is used to investigate the effect of imposing three different kinds of radial temperature profiles viz. linear, parabolic and exponential with fixed values of inner and outer surface temperatures, on the creep stresses and strain rates. It is noticed that by increasing the temperature exponent (n_T), the radial stress (over the entire radius) and tangential stress (near the inner radius) increase in the disc. However, the tangential stress decreases near the outer radius. The radial and tangential strain rates in the functionally graded (FG) disc reduce significantly with the increase in exponent n_T. Besides reduction in the magnitude, the distribution of strain rates also become relatively more uniform throughout with the increase in n_T. It is concluded that FG disc operating under exponential temperature profile performs better. It is also revealed that amongst several FG discs operating under radial thermal gradients, with different values of temperature exponent (n_T) but having the same average and fixed outer surface temperature, the FGM disc with lower value of n_T exhibits the maximum creep life.     

Strain gradient elasticity solution for functionally graded micro-cylinders

In this paper, strain gradient elasticity formulation for analysis of FG (functionally graded) micro-cylinders is presented. The material properties are assumed to obey a power law in radial direction. The governing differential equation is derived as a fourth order ODE. A power series solution for stresses and displacements in FG micro-cylinders subjected to internal and external pressures is obtained. Numerical examples are presented to study the effect of the characteristic length parameter and FG power index on the displacement field and stress distribution in FG cylinders. It is observed that the characteristic length parameter has a considerable effect on the stress distribution of FG micro-cylinders. Also, increasing material length parameter leads to decrease of the maximum radial and tangential stresses in the cylinder. Furthermore, it is shown that the FG power index has a significant effect on the maximum radial and tangential stresses.     

Time-dependent creep stress redistribution analysis of thick-walled functionally graded spheres

Time-dependent creep stress redistribution analysis of thick-walled spheres made of functionally graded material (FGM) subjected to an internal pressure and a uniform temperature field is performed using the method of successive elastic solution. The material creep and mechanical properties through the radial graded direction are assumed to obey a simple power-law variation. Total strains are assumed to be the sum of elastic, thermal and creep strains. Creep strains are time, temperature and stress dependent. Using the equations of equilibrium, compatibility and stress–strain relations a differential equation, containing creep strains, for radial stress are obtained. Ignoring creep strains, a closed-form solution for initial thermoelastic stresses at zero time is presented. It has been found that the material in-homogeneity parameterβ has a substantial effect on thermoelastic stresses. From thermoelastic analysis the material identified by β=2 in which a more uniform shear stress distribution occurs throughout the thickness of the FGM sphere is selected for time-dependent stress redistribution analysis. Using the Prandtl–Reuss relations and Norton’s creep constitutive model, history of stresses and strains are obtained. It has been found that radial stress redistributions are not significant, however, major redistributions occur for circumferential and effective stresses. It has also been concluded that stresses and strains are changing with time at a decreasing rate so that there is a saturation condition beyond which not much change occurs. Indeed after 50 years the solution approaches the steady-state condition.     

Multiphysical time-dependent creep response of FGMEE hollow cylinder in thermal and humid environment

In this paper, we investigate the history of radial displacement, stresses, electric potential, and magnetic potential of a functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic (FGMEE) hollow cylinder subjected to an axisymmetric hygro-thermo-magneto-electro-mechanical loading for the plane strain condition. The material properties are taken as a power-law function of radius. Using stress-displacement relations, equations of equilibrium, electrostatic and magnetostatic equations, we find a differential equation including creep strains. Initially, eliminating creep strains, we obtain an analytical solution for the primitive stresses and electric and magnetic potential. In the next step, considering creep strains, we find the creep stress rates by applying the Norton law and Prandtl–Reuss equations for steady-state hygrothermal boundary condition. Finally, using an iterative method, we find the time-dependent creep stresses, radial displacement, and magnetic and potential field redistributions at any time. In numerical section, are comprehensively investigate the effects of grading index, hygrothermal environmental conditions, rotating speed, and temperature- and moisture-dependency of elastic constant of FGMEE.

     

Reliability of stress field in Al–Al2O3 functionally graded thick hollow cylinder subjected to sudden unloading,considering uncertain mechanical properties

In this paper, the reliability analysis and safety evaluation of dynamic stresses are presented for Al–Al₂O₃ functionally graded (FG) thick hollow cylinder subjected to sudden unloading as a mechanical shock loading. The FG cylinder is considered to have infinite length and axisymmetry conditions. The constitutive mechanical properties of Al and Al₂O₃ are assumed as random variables with Gaussian distribution and also the mechanical properties are considered to vary across thickness of FG cylinder as a non-linear power function of radius. The radial and hoop stresses are obtained by solving Navier equation in displacement form and stress–displacement equations. The FG cylinder is divided to many linear functionally graded elements across thickness of cylinder and hybrid numerical method (Galerkin finite element and Newmark finite difference methods) along with the Monte Carlo simulation are employed to solve the statistical problem. The reliability of radial and hoop stresses are calculated in various points across thickness for different grading patterns in functionally graded material (FGM) and several yield stresses. The variability of the dynamic stress reliability of the FG cylinder to the values of coefficients of variation (COVs) is examined and discussed in details.     

Material tailoring and analysis of functionally graded isotropic and incompressible linear elastic hollow cylinders

We use the Airy stress function to derive exact solutions for plane strain deformations of a functionally graded (FG) hollow cylinder with the inner and the outer surfaces subjected to different boundary conditions, and the cylinder composed of an isotropic and incompressible linear elastic material. For the shear modulus given by either a power law or an exponential function of the radius r, we derive explicit expressions for stresses, the hydrostatic pressure and displacements. Conversely, we find the variation with r of the shear modulus for a linear combination of the radial and the hoop stresses to have a pre-assigned variation in the cylinder; this inverse problem is usually called material tailoring. The shear modulus found while solving the inverse problem must be positive everywhere. Results for a few problems are computed and presented graphically. It seems that the Airy stress function approach is used here for the first time to analyze two-dimensional problems for incompressible materials. When studying axisymmetric deformations of an FG cylinder, it is found that for the hoop stress to be uniform through the cylinder thickness the shear modulus must be proportional to the radial coordinate r as found earlier by Batra [Batra RC. Optimal design of functionally graded incompressible linear elastic cylinders and spheres. AIAAJ 2008;46(8):2005–7.] and for the maximum in-plane shear stress to be constant the shear modulus must vary as r². The expression for the maximum in-plane shear stress in terms of pressures and the radii of the inner and the outer surfaces of the cylinder is a universal result valid for all materials for which the shear modulus is proportional to r². For a hollow cylinder fixed on the inner surface and subjected to tangential tractions on the outer surface (or vice versa) the through-the-thickness in-plane shear stress distribution is also universal and is determined by surface tractions and the outer radius of the cylinder; it is independent of the spatial variation of the shear modulus.     

Elastic analysis of FGM rotating cylindrical pressure vessels

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In this paper, stresses in isotropic rotating thick‐walled cylindrical pressure vessels made of functionally graded material are obtained as a function of radial direction by using the theory of elasticity. The pressure, inner radius and outer radius are considered constant. Material properties are considered as a function of the radius of the cylinder to a power law function and the Poisson's ratio is assumed as constant. The analytical solution of the Navier equation is obtained for the conditions of plane strain, plane stress and the cylinder with closed ends. Following this, profiles are plotted for different values of the powers of the module of elasticity for the radial displacement, radial stress, and circumferential stress, as a function of radial direction.     

Influences of initial stresses on guided waves in functionally graded hollow cylinders

Limitations of the manufacturing technology result in the existence of initial stresses in functionally graded material (FGM) structures. In the context of the theory of “Mechanics of Incremental Deformations,” the guided wave characteristics in FGM hollow cylinders under initial stresses in the radial and axial directions are investigated. The Legendre polynomial series method is used to solve the coupled wave equations with variable coefficients. The convergence of the method is discussed through numerical examples. It is found that the influences of initial stresses on the longitudinal waves and on the torsional waves are quite distinct, and that the influences of initial stresses in the axial direction are very different from those in the radial direction, both on the dispersion curves and on the displacement and stress distributions.     

Elastic-plastic stress analysis in a long functionally graded solid cylinder with fixed ends subjected to uniform heat generation

Elastic-plastic deformation of a solid cylinder with fixed ends, made of functionally graded material (FGM) with uniform internal heat generation is investigated, based on Tresca’s yield criterion and its associated flow rule, considering four of the material properties to vary radially according to a parabolic form. These four material properties are yield strength, modulus of elasticity, coefficients of thermal conduction and thermal expansion, assumed to be independent of temperature as Poisson’s ratio which is taken as constant. The materials which compose the functionally graded cylinder are supposed to be elastic-perfectly plastic materials. Expressions for the distributions of stress, strain and radial displacement are found analytically in terms of unknown interface radii. After determining these radii numerically by means of Mathematica 5.2, the distributions are plotted versus dimensionless radius, increasing heat generation, to compare the FGM cylinder with the homogeneous one. The numerical values used in this work for material parameters are arbitrarily chosen to point out the effect of the non-homogeneity on the stress distribution. The results obtained show that the stress distribution, as well as the development of plastic region radii, is influenced substantially by the material non-homogeneity.     

Three-dimensional temperature dependent free vibration analysis of functionally graded material curved panels resting on two-parameter elastic foundation using a hybrid semi-analytic,differential quadrature method

In this study, free vibration analysis of initially stressed thick simply supported functionally graded curved panel resting on two-parameter elastic foundation (Pasternak model), subjected in thermal environment is studied using the three-dimensional elasticity formulation. The material properties are temperature dependent and the temperature is assumed to have uniform and non-uniform distributions through the thickness direction of the curved panel. In order to discretize the governing equations, the differential quadrature method in the thickness direction and the trigonometric functions in longitudinal and tangential directions in conjunction of the three-dimensional form of the Hamilton’s principle are used. The convergence of the method is demonstrated and to validate the results, comparisons are made with the available solutions for both isotropic and functionally graded material (FGM) curved panels. By examining the results of thick FGM curved panels for various geometrical parameters and temperature distribution models with the inclusion of supporting elastic foundation, the influence of these parameters and in particular, those due to functionally graded material (FGM) parameters are studied.     

Exact elasticity solution for the vibration of functionally graded anisotropic cylindrical shells

An exact elasticity solution is presented for the free and forced vibration of functionally graded cylindrical shells. The functionally graded shells have simply supported edges and arbitrary material gradation in the radial direction. The three-dimensional linear elastodynamics equations, simplified to the case of generalized plane strain deformation in the axial direction, are solved using suitable displacement functions that identically satisfy the boundary conditions. The resulting system of coupled ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients are solved analytically using the power series method. The analytical solution is applicable to shallow as well as deep shells of arbitrary thickness. The formulation assumes that the shell is made of a cylindrically orthotropic material but it is equally applicable to the special case of isotropic materials. Results are presented for two-constituent isotropic and fiber-reinforced composite materials. The homogenized elastic stiffnesses of isotropic materials are estimated using the self-consistent scheme. In the case of fiber-reinforced materials, the effective properties are obtained using either the Mori–Tanaka or asymptotic expansion homogenization (AEH) methods. The fiber-reinforced composite material studied in the present work consists of silicon-carbide fibers embedded in titanium matrix with the fiber volume fraction and fiber orientation graded in the radial direction. The natural frequencies, mode shapes, displacements and stresses are presented for different material gradations and shell geometries.     

Stress intensity factors of two diametrically opposed edge cracks in a thick-walled functionally graded material cylinder

A method is developed to evaluate stress intensity factors for two diametrically-opposed edge cracks emanating from the inner surface of a thick-walled functionally graded material (FGM) cylinder. The crack and the cylinder inner surfaces are subjected to an internal pressure. The thermal eigenstrain induced in the cylinder material due to nonuniform coefficient of thermal expansion after cooling from the sintering temperature is taken into account. First, the FGM cylinder is homogenized by simulating its nonhomogeneous material properties by an equivalent eigenstrain, whereby the problem is reduced to the solution of a cracked homogenized cylinder with an induced thermal and an equivalent eigenstrains and under an internal pressure. Then, representing the cracks by a continuous distribution of edge dislocations and using their complex potential functions, generalized formulations are developed to calculate stress intensity factors for the cracks in the homogenized cylinder. The stress intensity factors calculated for the cracks in homogenized cylinder represents the stress intensity factors for the same cracks in the FGM cylinder. The application of the formulations are demonstrated for a thick-walled TiC/Al₂O₃ FGM cylinder and some numerical results of stress intensity factors are presented for different profiles of material distribution in the FGM cylinder.     

Dynamic analysis of two-dimensional functionally graded thick hollow cylinder with finite length under impact loading

In this paper a thick hollow cylinder with finite length made of two-dimensional functionally graded material (2D-FGM) and subjected to impact internal pressure is considered. The axisymmetric conditions are assumed for the 2D-FG cylinder. The finite element method with graded material properties within each element is used to model the structure, and the Newmark direct integration method is implemented to solve the time dependent equations. The time histories of displacements, stresses and 2D wave propagation are investigated for various values of volume fraction exponents. Also the effects of mechanical properties distribution in radial and axial direction on the time responses of the FG cylinder as well as the stress distribution are studied and compared with a cylinder made of 1D-FGM. The achieved results show that using 2D-FGM leads to a more flexible design. To verify the presented method and data, the results are compared to published data.     

Exact solutions for characterization of electro-elastically graded materials

The present paper deals with a class of functionally graded materials (FGM), called active FGM that has electro-elastically graded material phases. An active FGM system leads to minimization of stress concentration that arises due to mismatch in the electrical and elastic properties of the constituent phases. This work focuses on the characterization of the through thickness stresses of an active FGM subjected to electrical excitation. The structure is comprised of a substrate, an electro-elastically graded layer and an active layer. A formulation for exact solutions of the system based on Euler–Bernoulli theory is presented. Power-law variation of the composition of the two phases in the graded layer is considered. Performance of linearly gradient FGM for a range of stiffness and electrical property ratios of the active and substrate materials have been studied. It is observed that the electrical strain component and the compositional gradation significantly influence the stress characteristics of the active FGM.     

On the shear stress distribution between a functionally graded piezoelectric actuator and an elastic substrate and the reduction of its concentration

Recent advances in material processing technologies allow the production of piezoelectric materials with functionally graded material properties. We investigate the implications of functionally graded piezoelectric materials when used as actuators for structural control by examining the distribution of the actuating shear stress under a piezoelectric actuator of a functionally graded material (FGM) on an isotropic elastic half-space. It is shown that FGM materials can be used to adjust the shear stress distribution. In particular, the concentration near the edges of a conventional homogeneous piezoelectric actuator can be significantly reduced in an FGM actuator.     

基于裂纹尖端应力比值的含裂纹功能梯度材料圆筒应力强度因子计算方法

由于功能梯度材料(FGM)性质的特殊性,现有含裂纹FGM结构应力强度因子计算方法难以避免复杂的矩阵运算以及数值积分。该文针对含外表面环向裂纹FGM圆筒,利用FGM圆筒与均匀材料圆筒裂纹尖端应力之间的比例关系,将复杂的FGM圆筒应力强度因子求解问题转化为简单的应力值提取问题以及经验公式计算问题,仅由均匀材料圆筒应力强度因子经验公式、均匀材料圆筒和FGM圆筒裂纹尖端应力比值即可得到任意含裂纹FGM圆筒应力强度因子。该方法仅需建立2D轴对称模型即可满足计算要求,在保证精度的基础上成功回避了传统方法中的复杂矩阵运算以及数值积分,且适用于不同FGM、筒体尺寸、裂纹深度等情况下的应力强度因子计算。通过多组算例对比分析,证明该方法计算精度高、计算过程简便,便于工程应用。     

Meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method for coupled thermoelasticity analysis of a functionally graded thick hollow cylinder

In this article, coupled thermoelasticity (without energy dissipation) based on Green–Naghdi model is applied to functionally graded (FG) thick hollow cylinder. The meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method is developed to solve the boundary value problem. The Newmark finite difference method is used to treat the time dependence of the variables for transient problems. The FG cylinder is considered to be under axisymmetric and plane strain conditions and bounding surfaces of cylinder to be under thermal shock loading. The mechanical properties of FG cylinder are assumed to vary across thickness of cylinder in terms of volume fraction as nonlinear function. A weak formulation for the set of governing equations is transformed into local integral equations on local subdomains by using a Heaviside test function. Nodal points are regularly distributed along the radius of the cylinder and each node is surrounded by a uni-directional subdomain to which a local integral equation is applied. The Green–Naghdi coupled thermoelasticity equations are valid in each isotropic subdomain. The temperature and radial displacement distributions are obtained for some grading patterns of FGM at various time instants. The propagation of thermal and elastic waves is discussed in details. The presented method shows high capability and efficiency for coupled thermoelasticity problems.     

Material tailoring and moduli homogenization for finite twisting deformations of functionally graded Mooney-Rivlin hollow cylinders

We analytically analyze finite plane strain twisting deformations of a hollow cylinder made of an isotropic and inhomogeneous Mooney-Rivlin material with material moduli varying in the radial direction. The cylinder is deformed by applying either tangential tractions on the inner surface and tangential displacements on the outer surface or vice versa. The radial variation of the moduli is found that will minimize the tangential displacement of the bounding surface where tangential traction is specified. Furthermore, the modulus of a homogeneous neo-Hookean cylinder is found that is energetically equivalent to the inhomogeneous cylinder.     

A mixed semi analytical solution for functionally graded (FG) finite length cylinders of orthotropic materials subjected to thermal load

A simplified and accurate analytical cum numerical model is presented here to investigate the behavior of functionally graded (FG) cylinders of finite length subjected to thermal load. A diaphragm supported FG cylinder under symmetric thermal load which is considered as a two dimensional (2D) plane strain problem of thermoelasticity in (r, z) direction. The boundary conditions are satisfied exactly in axial direction (z) by taking an analytical expression in terms of Fourier series expansion. Fundamental (basic) dependent variables are chosen in the radial coordinate of the cylinder. First order simultaneous ordinary differential equations are obtained as mathematical model which are integrated through an effective numerical integration technique by first transforming the boundary value problem into a set of initial value problems. For FG cylinders, the material properties have power law dependence in the radial coordinate. Effect of non homogeneity parameters and orthotropy of the materials on the stresses and displacements of FG cylinder are studied. The numerical results obtained are also first validated with existing literature for their accuracy. Stresses and displacements in axial and radial directions in cylinders having various l/r _i and r _o/r _i ratios parameter are presented for future reference.