Thermal shock response of porous functionally graded sandwich curved beam using a new layerwise theory

This paper, for the first time, presents the thermal shock response of porous functionally graded (FG) sandwich curved beams subjected to thermal shocks. The authors have used a higher-order layerwise beam theory developed for the analysis. This new layerwise theory has a higher-order displacement field for the core and a linear displacement field for top and bottom facesheets maintaining the continuity of displacement at the layer interface. The top and bottom layers of the functionally graded sandwich curved beam are made of pure ceramic and pure metal constituent, respectively, and the core is considered to be made of functionally graded material (FGM) having porosity. The top surface of the beam is subjected to thermal shocks the bottom surface is kept at a reference temperature or is thermally insulated. The solution for the nonlinear temperature profile is obtained using the Crank-Nicolson method. An eight-noded isoparametric element having seven degrees of freedom per node is used to develop the finite element formulation. The governing differential equation is obtained using the Hamilton's principle, and the resulting transient problem is solved using the Newmark constant acceleration integration method. The effects of curvature, thickness, core to facesheet thickness ratio, intensity of the thermal shock, porosity coefficient, and boundary conditions are investigated on thermally induced vibration response of porous FG sandwich curved beams. The analysis reveals that the proposed finite element formulation is straight forward, accurate, and widely applicable for the analysis of porous functionally graded sandwich curved beams.