COUPLED THERMAL/MECHANICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE FRACTURE OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS UNDER TRANSIENT THERMAL LOADING

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2002-02-12
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Acomprehensivetreatmentoffractureoffunctionallygradedmaterials(FGMs)isprovided.Itisassumedthatthematerialpropertiesdependonlyonthecoordinateperpendiculartothecracksurfacesandvarycontinuouslyalongthecrackfaces.Byusingalaminatedcompositeplatemodeltosimulatethema-terialnon-homogeneity,analgorithmforsolvingthesystembasedonLaplacetransformandFouriertransformtechniquesispresented.Unlikeearlierstudiesthatconsideredcertainassumedpropertydistributionsandasinglecrackproblem,thecurrentinvestigationstudiesmultiplecrackproblemintheFGMswitharbitrarilyvaryingmaterialproperties.Transientthermalstressesarepresented.