Thermoelastic Characteristics of Functionally Graded Circular Disk Models under the Loading of Contact Forces

A rotating functionally graded circular disk undergoing a contact load is taken into account to investigate the thermoelastic characteristics. By considering contact force, a pair of partial differential equations is induced as the governing equations based on Hooke’s law. The behavior of circular disk modes is described with the variations of contact force and homogeneous thickness. A finite volume model is introduced to obtain approximate solutions for the governing equations because of the complexity of the equations. Contact force is highly influential in the radial direction compared to the circumferential direction in the displacement distribution, while a large radial stress appears near the area of the contact point. In the strain distribution, the magnitude increases as the angle grows near part of the outer boundary in the circular domain. The radial distribution profiles are susceptible to the growth of contact force in nearby area of the outer boundary, whereas the influences on the circumferential direction profiles are trivial. The increase of homogeneous thickness dwindles the radial magnitude of displacement, stress, and strain distribution profiles over nearby area of the outer boundary of the circular domain. As a result, numerical approach demonstrates that contact force and homogeneous thickness are indispensable parameters and provide deep influence on the thermoelastic movements of a rotating circular disk. Thus, the results obtained may be useful to design an appropriate FGM circular disk model for the industrial area by controlling the above parameters.