Determination of the relaxation modulus of a linearly viscoelastic material

Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-133

  Sorvari, Joonas ^a   Malinen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finite ramp time; Linear viscoelasticity; Numerical algorithm; Relaxation modulus; Relaxation test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRAIN RATE;

FINITE RAMP TIME; LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; MAXIMUM STRAIN; RELAXATION TEST; VISCOELASTIC MATERIAL;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33750057345     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11043-006-9011-4     Document Type: Article

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