In this paper, two computationally efficient and accurate solution methods for transient dynamic analysis of functionally graded (FG) cylindrical shells subjected to internal dynamic pressure are presented. In order to accurately account for the thickness effects, the layerwise theory is employed to approximate the displacement components in the radial direction. In the first solution method, differential quadrature method (DQM) is implemented to discretize the resulting equations in the both spatial and time domains. In the second approach, DQM is applied to discretize equations in the axial direction while Newmark’s time integration scheme is used to solve the problem in the time domain. The fast convergence rate of the methods is demonstrated and their accuracy is verified by comparing the results with those obtained using ANSYS and also with available exact solution of a particular problem. Considerable less computational efforts of the proposed approaches with respect to the finite element method is observed. Furthermore, comparative studies are performed between two approaches in different cases and it is found that the two techniques give very close results. The effects of geometrical parameters and boundary conditions on the transient behavior of shells are also investigated.

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