Transient thermo-mechanical analysis of functionally graded hollow circular cylinders

Thermo-mechanical analysis of functionally graded hollow circular cylinders subjected to axisymmetric mechanical and transient thermal loads is carried out in this study. Thermo-mechanical properties of functionally graded materials (FGM) are assumed to be temperature independent and vary continuously in the radial direction of the cylinder. Employing the Laplace transform, the Galerkin method and series method for ordinary differential equations, solutions for the time-dependent temperature and transient thermo-mechanical stresses are obtained. As an example, a molybdenum/mullite FGM with material properties obeying the exponential law is considered. Effects of heat transfer coefficients and gradient parameters of FGM on the time-dependent temperature and transient thermal stresses are discussed in detail.