A computer program to extract the continuous and discrete relaxation spectra from dynamic viscoelastic measurements

Applied Rheology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Takeh, Arsia ^a   Shanbhag, Sachin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous spectra; Discrete spectra; Linear rheology; Relaxation spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878245331     PISSN: 14306395     EISSN: 16178106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3933/ApplRheol-23-24628     Document Type: Article

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