3D Size-Dependent Dynamic Instability Analysis of FG Cylindrical Microshells Subjected to Combinations of Periodic...

This work develops a three-dimensional (3D) weak formulation, based on the consistent couple stress theory (CCST), for analyzing the size-dependent dynamic instability behavior of simply-supported, functionally graded (FG) cylindrical microshells that are subjected to combinations of periodic axial compression and external pressure. In our formulation, the microshells are artificially divided into n layers. The displacement components of each individual layer are selected as the primary variables, which are expanded as a double Fourier series in the in-plane domain and are interpolated with Hermitian C² polynomials in the thickness direction. Incorporating the layer-wise displacement models into our weak formulation, we develop a Hermitian C² finite layer method (FLM) for addressing the current issue. The accuracy and the convergence rate of our Hermitian C² FLM are validated by comparing the solutions it produces with the accurate two-dimensional solutions of critical loads and critical pressures of FG cylindrical macroshells and single-walled carbon nanotubes, which were reported in the literature. The numerical results show the effects of the material length-scale parameter, the inhomogeneity index, the radius-to-thickness and length-to-radius ratios, the load magnitude ratio, and the static and dynamic load factors on the first principal and first secondary instability regions of parametric resonance of simply-supported FG cylindrical microshells are significant.