The transient responses of a special non-homogeneous magneto-electro-elastic hollow cylinder for axisymmetric plane strain problem

By virtue of the introduction of new dependent variable and the separation of variables technique, the transient responses of a special non-homogeneous magneto-electro-elastic hollow cylinder are transformed to two Volterra integral equations of the second kind of about two functions with respect to time. These integral equations can be solved successfully by means of the interpolation method. Then, the complete solutions of displacements, stresses, electric potential, electric displacements, magnetic potential and magnetic inductions are obtained. The present method is suitable for a magneto-electro-elastic hollow cylinder with an arbitrary thickness subjected to arbitrary axisymmetric mechanical and electromagnetic loads. Numerical results are finally presented. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.