AXISYMMETRIC TRANSIENT THERMAL STRESS ANALYSIS OF A MULTILAYERED COMPOSITE HOLLOW CYLINDER

Abstract

This article is concerned with axisymmetric, transient, thermal stress analysis of a hollow cylinder composed of multilayered composite laminates with temperature changes in the radial and axial directions due to axisymmetric heating from the outer and/or the inner surfaces. For analysis, we apply the methods of Fourier cosine transform and Laplace transform to the temperature field and the thermo-eiastic potential function and apply Love's displacement function to the thermo-etastic field. We then obtain the exact solutions for the temperature and thermal stress distributions in a transient state. Moreover, we apply the theoretical developments proposed in our present article into the analysis of a hollow cylinder with nonhomogeneous material properties such as a functionally gradient material.