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Mechanical characterization of nonlinear viscoelastic solids for iterative solution of boundary value problems

Dong, Richard G.; Pister, Karl S.; Dunham, Robert S.

UCB/SESM-1968/11, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-08, 23 pages (500/C23/68/11)

A boundary value problem of quasi-static deformation of physically nonlinear viscoelastic solids is discussed in the context of providing a scheme for characterization of material response in a manner compatible with an algorithm for numerical solution of boundary value problems. An illustrative example involving axial deformation of a statically indeterminate nonlinear viscoelastic rod is included.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-68-11.pdf (5 MB)