Buckling analysis and dynamic response of FGM sandwich cylindrical panels in thermal environments using nonlocal strain gradient theory

The present paper provides an analysis to obtain the critical buckling load and vibration frequencies of the sandwich cylindrical panel with functionally graded (FG) face sheets and FG porous core resting on an elastic foundation, subjected to mechanical load and in thermal environments. The panel is formulated within the framework of the nonlocal strain gradient theory for shell model and classical shell theory. Based on Hamilton’s principle and Galerkin’s method, the effects of nonlocal and strain gradient parameters, materials and geometrical characteristics, porosity, temperature and elastic foundation on buckling load, fundamental frequencies, and dynamic response of the panel are considered.