Axisymmetric mechanical and thermal stresses in thick short length FGM cylinders

The exact solution of steady-state two-dimensional axisymmetric mechanical and thermal stresses for a short hollow cylinder made of functionally graded material is developed. Temperature, as functions of radial and longitudinal directions, is solved analytically, using the generalized Bessel function. A standard method is used to solve a non-homogeneous system of partial differential Navier equations with non-constant coefficients, using Fourier series, rather than potential functions method. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.