Stationary Stochastic Response Behaviors of FG Plate–Shell Combined Structure in Aero-Thermal Environment

Abstract

A meshless model is proposed to carry out the free and stationary stochastic vibration analysis of the functionally graded combined rectangular and cylindrical shells (FG-CRCS) structure under the aerodynamic and thermal environment. The FG-CRCS structure contains three combined structure types including rectangular–cylindrical shell (RC-type), cylindrical–rectangular–cylindrical shell (CRC-type), and closed rectangular–semicylindrical shell (CRS-type). The effects of aerodynamic and thermal loads on the dynamic behaviors of the FG-CRCS structure with temperature-dependency of material properties are investigated by introducing the supersonic piston theory and thermo-elastic theory. Furthermore, the pseudo-excitation method (PEM) is adopted to simulate the random loads applied to the FG-CRCS structure. The dynamic equations of the FG-CRCS structure are established in the theoretical frame of the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), whose general boundary conditions and coupling relationship are regulated by the artificial springs. Then, the reasonableness of this meshless model to predict free and random vibrations in aerodynamic and thermal environments is verified by comparing it with published literature and FEM results. On this basis, the contribution of essential parameters (including the aerodynamic load, thermal load, and boundary condition) on the free and random vibration behaviors of the FG-CRCS structure is presented, which may serve as guidance for the design of the plate–shell coupled structures in aerospace.