Application of GDQ Method to Large Amplitude Response of FGM Joined Spherical-Conical Shells under Rapid Surface Heating

Geometrically non-linear thermally induced vibrations of functionally graded material (FGM) joined spherical-conical shells are analyzed in the current research. Thermo-mechanical properties of the shells are assumed to be temperature and position dependent. The system of joined spherical-conical shells is subjected to thermal shock on the ceramic-rich surface, whereas the metal-rich one is kept at reference temperature. The one-dimensional transient heat conduction equation is established and solved via the generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) and Crank-Nicolson methods. This equation is non-linear since the thermo-mechanical properties of the shells are temperature dependent. The total functional of the shells is obtained under the assumptions of uncoupled thermoelasticity laws, first order shear deformation shell theory, and the von Karman type of geometrical non-linearity. Non-linear coupled equations of motion are solved via the iterative Picard method accompanied with the beta-Newmark time approximation technique. Numerical results are well-validated with the available data for the case of single FGM spherical shell. Parametric studies are conducted to examine the influences of conical and spherical shell geometries, material composition, temperature dependence, in-plane and out-of-plane mechanical boundary conditions, various configuration of conical/spherical shell system, and thermal boundary conditions. It is highlighted that thermally induced vibrations indeed exists.