In this paper, the reliability analysis and safety evaluation of dynamic stresses are presented for Al–Al2O3 functionally graded (FG) thick hollow cylinder subjected to sudden unloading as a mechanical shock loading. The FG cylinder is considered to have infinite length and axisymmetry conditions. The constitutive mechanical properties of Al and Al2O3 are assumed as random variables with Gaussian distribution and also the mechanical properties are considered to vary across thickness of FG cylinder as a non-linear power function of radius. The radial and hoop stresses are obtained by solving Navier equation in displacement form and stress–displacement equations. The FG cylinder is divided to many linear functionally graded elements across thickness of cylinder and hybrid numerical method (Galerkin finite element and Newmark finite difference methods) along with the Monte Carlo simulation are employed to solve the statistical problem. The reliability of radial and hoop stresses are calculated in various points across thickness for different grading patterns in functionally graded material (FGM) and several yield stresses. The variability of the dynamic stress reliability of the FG cylinder to the values of coefficients of variation (COVs) is examined and discussed in details.

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