Post-buckling analysis of non-uniformly heated functionally graded cylindrical shells enhanced by shape memory alloys using classical lamination theory

Thermal post-buckling analysis of functionally graded cylindrical shells enhanced by shape memory alloys under uniform and non-uniform heating is presented in this article. Nonlinear equilibrium equations are derived based on the classical lamination theory and von-Karman nonlinear kinematic relations and post-buckling field is investigated using Galerkin method. For temperature dependency of material properties, a numerical solution is applied to solve the nonlinear equilibrium equation using finite difference method to solve the nonlinear heat conduction equation and layered model to evaluate the thermal stress of hybrid cylindrical shells. A closed-form solution is also presented for temperature independency of material properties. Brinson model is adopted to describe the thermo-mechanical behavior of shape memory alloys. Numerical results are presented for evaluating the effects of shape memory alloy layer and functionally graded material cylindrical shells properties on suppressing of the post-buckling path of hybrid cylindrical shells.