STRESS ANALYSIS OF TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC CYLINDER UNDER ARBITRARY AXISYMMETRIC LOAD

Power series method is used to analyze the distribution of stresses of the transversely isotropic cylinder under arbitrary axisymmetrical normal load. The stress function and normal load are expanded as the form of Fourier series. Unknown parameters in equations are determined using boundary conditions and final solutions of stress and displacement are obtained accordingly. The analysis of stresses obtained from different material parameters shows that the axial stress is significantly affected by Young's modulus and the circumference stress is sensitive to the variation of Poisson's ratio.