Thermoelastic Analysis of Functionally Graded Cylinder

Abstract

In the present work, Thermo elastic analysis is performed on a functionally graded cylinder to investigate combined effect of pressure and thermal load. It is assumed that the material of the cylinder is functionally graded in which the properties are vary continuously along the thickness based on a power law function. Results are obtained using Finite element-based software ANSYS. To know the accuracy of the present approach, results are confirmed with available literature. Furthermore, the effect of the temperature rising on the distribution of the displacement and stress for different values of gradation index are investigated in the paper. From the results it is concluded that replacing the traditional material with functionally graded material is helpful in the design of pressure vessels.