Analysis of nonlinear thermal dynamic responses of sandwich functionally graded cylindrical shells containing fluid

Abstract

Based on the classical shell theory, taking into account the nonlinear geometry of von Karman-Donnell, this article deals with the nonlinear dynamic analysis of Functionally Graded Material (Sandwich-FGM) cylindrical shells containing fluid under mechanical and thermal loads. By using the Galerkin method, the nonlinear dynamic equation is transformed into nonlinear differential equation in terms of time. The investigation of nonlinear dynamic response of sandwich-FGM cylindrical shells containing fluid is established. Numerical results show effect of temperature, fluid, geometric parameters of structure and material parameters (coefficient k) on the dynamic response of structure.