Buckling of functionally graded sandwich cylindrical microshell under axial load is investigated. For this purpose, Donnell shell theory as well as material length scale parameter as considered by the couple stress theory is used, and equations of motion of the functionally graded sandwich cylindrical microshell along with boundary conditions are developed using Hamilton’s principle. Finally, dimensionless critical buckling load is determined for three functionally graded sandwich cylindrical microshells using the Navier procedure. Results of the new model are compared with the classical theory. The results indicate that the rigidity of the functionally graded sandwich cylindrical microshell in the couple stress theory is higher than that in the classical theory, which leads to increased dimensionless critical buckling load. Besides, the effect of material length scale parameter on dimensionless critical buckling load of the functionally graded sandwich cylindrical microshell in different wavenumbers is considerable.
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