Stress intensity factor of radial cracks in isotropic functionally graded solid cylinders

This paper estimates stress intensity factors of rotating solid disks or cylinders with a radial crack subjected to a uniform tension at their outer surface and a uniform temperature change through the body. Material properties of the cylinder are assumed to obey from the power law through the radius of the cylinder. The cracks are assumed to be small and located radially at center, inside or edge of the body. The stress intensity factors are obtained applying an approximate method and using the proper geometric functions for combination of the thermomechanical stresses. The method proposed in this paper is imposed to isotropic FG plates with an edge slanted crack to quantify the difference between present method and numerical methods given in the literature review. Also, the SIFs obtained for the non-homogeneous cylinder are reduced to the homogeneous one and are compared with the corresponding exact solution of isotropic materials. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.