Elasticity Solution for Bending and Frequency Behavior of Sandwich Cylindrical Shell with FG-CNTRC Face-Sheets and Polymer Core Under Initial Stresses

This paper explores the high-accuracy analysis of bending and frequency response of the sandwich cylindrical shell with functionally graded (FG) carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) face-sheets and polymeric core under the effect of initial axial stress and various mechanical loading based upon the three-dimensional theory of elasticity for various sets of boundary conditions. The sandwich structure is composed of multilayers with uniformly dispersed carbon nanotubes (CNT) in each fictitious layer of face-sheets, but its weight fraction changes layer-by-layer along the thickness direction. With the aid of compatibility conditions, the sandwich structure with three layers is modeled. Analytical bending and frequency solutions are obtained for simply supported shells. Also, the state-space based differential quadrature method (SS-DQM) is employed to determine the bending and frequency response of the sandwich cylindrical shell by considering various boundary conditions. The bending response of the sandwich cylindrical shell is obtained under the impact of various mechanical loadings. The influences of several parameters, such as initial stress and various mechanical loadings are investigated on the bending and frequency of the structures. The results of the presented study can be served as benchmarks to assess the validity of the conventional two-dimensional theory.