Abstract
«Soft solids» such as polymers, organic matrix composites, and bitumen have dissipative phenomena associated with elasticity also known as «viscosity». The viscoelastic characteristics of a body are the dependence of its response on the strain rate and a long recovery time of the initial state after the removal of mechanical loading. Different models can be constructed from the rheological description: springs and dampers in series or in parallel.
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Lexcellent, C. (2018). Viscoelasticity. In: Linear and Non-linear Mechanical Behavior of Solid Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55609-3_6
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