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The Modified Kuhn Model of Linear Viscoelasticity

Lubliner, Jacob; Panoskaltsis, Vassilis P.

UCB/SEMM-1992/01, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-02, 25 pages (500/C23/92/01)

A model of linear viscoelasticity introduced by Kuhn at al. to describe rubber is modified by addition of instantaneous elasticity in order to be applicable to structural materials whose creep is asymptomatically logarithmic; this is referred to as the continuous modified Kuhn model.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-92-01.pdf (9 MB)