scholarly journals Transient Analysis of a Functionally Graded Ceramic/Metal Layer considering Lord-Shulman Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios M. Nikolarakis ◽  
Efstathios E. Theotokoglou

The transient displacement, temperature, and stress fields in a functionally graded ceramic/metal layer under uniform thermal shock conditions at the upper surface are numerically studied based on the Lord-Shulman model, employing a direct finite element method. The Newmark method is employed for the time integration of the problem. A Matlab finite element code is developed for the numerical analysis of the one-dimensional problem under consideration. The Voigt model (rule of mixture) is used for the estimation of the effective properties inside the functionally graded layer and the variation of the volume fraction of the materials follows the sigmoid function in terms of the introduced parameter p. Furthermore, a parametric study with respect to the parameter p follows, where three different combinations of ceramic/metal materials are considered. It is concluded that the value p=1, which corresponds to a linear variation of the properties, minimizes the maximum (tensile) stress applied at the middle of the functionally graded layer.

2014 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 285-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.A. Rasid ◽  
Hafizal Yahaya

In recent years carbon nanotube (CNT) has been combined with polymers to take advantage of the extremely high strength and stiffness of the CNT. This paper reports a study on the thermal instability of carbon nanotube reinforced composites (CNTRC) plate subjected to uniform temperature rise. Finite element method (FEM) formulation was developed based on the first order shear deformation theory. The extended rule of mixture was used to determine the effective properties of the CNTRC plate. The CNTRC plate was functionally graded in its thickness direction. The results of the thermal instability were validated using past results and several parametric studies were then conducted using the developed formulation. The parametric studies showed that the critical temperature of the CNTRC was increased with the increase of the CNT volume fraction and the FG-4 configuration gave the highest critical temperature.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoud Mohammadi ◽  
Mohammad Arefi ◽  
Rossana Dimitri ◽  
Francesco Tornabene

This study analyses the two-dimensional thermo-elastic response of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) cylindrical pressure vessels, by applying the third-order shear deformation theory (TSDT). The effective properties of FG-CNTRC cylindrical pressure vessels are computed for different patterns of reinforcement, according to the rule of mixture. The governing equations of the problem are derived from the principle of virtual works and are solved as a classical eigenproblem under the assumption of clamped supported boundary conditions. A large parametric investigation aims at showing the influence of some meaningful parameters on the thermo-elastic response, such as the type of pattern, the volume fraction of CNTs, and the Pasternak coefficients related to the elastic foundation.


2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 861-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florin Bobaru

We present a numerical approach for material optimization of metal-ceramic functionally graded materials (FGMs) with temperature-dependent material properties. We solve the non-linear heterogeneous thermoelasticity equations in 2D under plane strain conditions and consider examples in which the material composition varies along the radial direction of a hollow cylinder under thermomechanical loading. A space of shape-preserving splines is used to search for the optimal volume fraction function which minimizes stresses or minimizes mass under stress constraints. The control points (design variables) that define the volume fraction spline function are independent of the grid used in the numerical solution of the thermoelastic problem. We introduce new temperature-dependent objective functions and constraints. The rule of mixture and the modified Mori-Tanaka with the fuzzy inference scheme are used to compute effective properties for the material mixtures. The different micromechanics models lead to optimal solutions that are similar qualitatively. To compute the temperature-dependent critical stresses for the mixture, we use, for lack of experimental data, the rule-of-mixture. When a scalar stress measure is minimized, we obtain optimal volume fraction functions that feature multiple graded regions alternating with non-graded layers, or even non-monotonic profiles. The dominant factor for the existence of such local minimizers is the non-linear dependence of the critical stresses of the ceramic component on temperature. These results show that, in certain cases, using power-law type functions to represent the material gradation in FGMs is too restrictive.


Author(s):  
F Fallah ◽  
A Nosier

Based on the first-order non-linear von Karman theory, cylindrical bending of functionally graded (FG) plates subjected to mechanical, thermal, and combined thermo-mechanical loadings are investigated. Analytical solutions are obtained for an FG plate with various clamped and simply-supported boundary conditions. The closed form solutions obtained are very simple to be used in design purposes. The material properties are assumed to vary continuously through the thickness of the plate according to a power-law distribution of the volume fraction of the constituents. The effects of non-linearity, material property, and boundary conditions on various response quantities are studied and discussed. It is found that linear analysis is inadequate for analysis of simply-supported FG plates even in the small deflection range especially when thermal load is present. Also it is shown that bending—extension coupling can not be seen in response quantities of clamped FG plates. Also an exact solution is developed for the one-dimensional heat conduction equation with variable heat conductivity coefficient.


2014 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. 57-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wasim M.K. Helal ◽  
Dong Yan Shi

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) have become helpful in our engineering applications. Analysis of functionally graded material (FGM) plate during debonding case with different boundary conditions is the main purpose of this investigation. Elastic modulus (E) of functionally graded (FG) plate is assumed to vary continuously throughout the height of the plate, according the volume fraction of the constituent materials based on a modified sigmoid function, but the value of Poisson coefficient is constant. In this research, the finite element method (FEM) is used in order to show the shape of a plate made of FGM during debonding case with different boundary conditions. In the present investigation, the displacement value applied to the FGM plate is changed in order to find the relationship between the maximum von Mises stress and the displacement. Also, the relationship between the maximum shear stress and the displacement is carried out in the present work. The material gradient indexes of the FGM plate are changed from 1 to 10. The stress distributions around the debonding zone with all the material gradient indexes of the FGM plate are investigated in this work.


2011 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Kargarnovin ◽  
Mehdi Hashemi

In this paper, the buckling analysis of a multilayered composite cylindrical shell which volume fraction of its fiber varies according to power law in longitudinal direction, due to applied compressive axial load is studied. Rule of mixture model and reverse of that are employed to represent elastic properties of this fiber reinforced functionally graded composite. Strain displacement relations employed are based on Reissner-Naghdi-Berry’s shell theory. The displacement finite element model of the equilibrium equations is derived by employing weak form formulation. The Lagrangian shape function for in-plane displacements and Hermitian shape function for displacement in normal direction to the surface of mid-plane are used. Then, finite element code is written in MATLAB based on stated method to obtain the critical axial buckling load. Numerical results show that despite having the same layout and average volume fraction of fibers, the critical axial buckling load of functionally graded composite cylindrical shell is more than that of traditional composite in which the volume fraction of its fiber is constant throughout the shell.


2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammadreza Saviz

A layer-wise finite element approach is adopted to analyse the hollow cylindrical shell made of functionally graded material with piezoelectric rings as sensor/actuator, under dynamic load. The mechanical properties of the substrate are regulated by volume fraction as a function of radial coordinate. The thickness of functionally graded material shell and piezo-rings is divided into mathematical sub-layers and then the general layer-wise laminate theory is formulated through introducing piecewise continuous approximations across the thickness, accounting for any discontinuity in derivatives of the displacement at the interface between the ring and cylinder. The virtual work statement including structural and electrical potential energies yields the three-dimensional governing equations which are reduced to two-dimensional differential equations, using layer-wise method. For axisymmetric case, the resulted equations are solved with one-dimensional finite element method in the axial direction. By assembling stiffness and mass matrices, the required stress and displacement continuities at each interface and between the two adjacent elements are forced. The results for free vibration and static loading are applied to study the convergence and verified by comparing them to solutions of similar existing problems. The induced deformation by piezoelectric actuators as well as the effect of rings on functionally graded material shell is investigated.


2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350048 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIABIN SUN ◽  
XINSHENG XU ◽  
C. W. LIM

Based on Hamilton's principle, a new accurate solution methodology is developed to study the torsional bifurcation buckling of functionally graded cylindrical shells in a thermal environment. The effective properties of functionally graded materials (FGMs) are assumed to be functions of the ambient temperature as well as the thickness coordinate of the shell. By applying Donnell's shell theory, the lower-order Hamiltonian canonical equations are established, from which the eigenvalues and eigenvectors are solved as the critical loads and buckling modes of the shell of concern, respectively. The effects of various aspects, including the combined in-plane and transverse boundary conditions, dimensionless geometric parameters, FGM parameters and changing thermal surroundings, are discussed in detail. The results reveal that the in-plane axial edge supports do have a certain influence on the buckling loads. On the other hand, the transverse boundary conditions only affect extremely short shells. With increasing thermal loads, the material volume fraction has a different influence on the critical stresses. It is concluded that the optimized FGM mixtures to withstand thermal torsional buckling are Si 3 N 4/SUS304 and Al 2 O 3/SUS304 among the materials studied in this paper.


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