Application of 2-D GDQ Method to Analysis a Thick FG Rotating Disk with Arbitrarily Variable Thickness and Non-Uniform Boundary Conditions

. In this paper two-dimensional differential quadrature method has been used to analyze thick Functionally Graded (FG) rotating disks with non-uniform boundary conditions and variable thickness. Material properties vary continuously along both radial and axial directions by a power law pattern. Three-dimensional solid mechanics theory is employed to formulate the axisymmetric problem as a second order system of partial differential equations. The non-uniform boundary conditions are exerted directly in to the governing equations in order to reach the eigenvalue system of equations. Four different disk profile shapes are considered and discussed. The effect of power law exponent is also investigated and results show that by the use of material which functionally varied along the radial and especially axial directions the stresses and strains can be controlled so the capability of disk is increased. Comparison with other available approaches in the literature shows a good agreement here in terms of computational time, robustness and accuracy of the present method. Moreover, novel applications are shown in order to provide results for further studies in the same topics.