Engineering Mechanics

Proceedings Vol. 10 (2004)

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2004

Copyright © 2004 Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

 

Menčík J., Rauchs G., Belouettar S., Bardon J., Riche A.
pages 187 - +7p., full text

The response of polymeric materials to harmonic loading can often be described by means of linear viscoelastic models. The paper brings formulae for the resultant complex elastic modulus and phase angle for basic viscoelastic bodies (Maxwell, Kelvin-Voigt and Standard Linear Solid) and their generalised versions, shows how the constants in these models can be determined from the response measured at various frequencies, and gives recommendations for the choice of a suitable model.

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