Three-dimensional solutions for the stress fields in functionally graded cylindrical panel with finite length and subjected to thermal/mechanical loads

Three-dimensional thermo-elastic analysis of a functionally graded cylindrical panel with finite length and subjected to nonuniform mechanical and steady-state thermal loads are carried out in this paper. Thermal and mechanical properties of the functionally graded material are assumed to be temperature independent and continuously vary in the radial direction of the panel. Analytical solutions for the temperature and stress fields expressed in terms of trigonometric and power series for the simply supported boundary conditions are derived and graphically presented.