A new method for the calculation of continuous relaxation spectra from dynamic-mechanical data

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-49

  Stadler, Florian J ^a   Bailly, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous spectrum; Discrete spectrum; Hermite spline; Linear viscoelasticity; Relaxation spectrum

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERRORS; POLYNOMIALS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPLINES; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 58149193438     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0303-2     Document Type: Article

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