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Viscoelasticity

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Rheology; Time-dependent behavior of solids

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A wide group of materials, such as metals at high temperatures, polymeric materials, biopolymers, or biological tissues, exhibits gradual deformation and subsequent recovery in time. The response of those materials is dependent upon the stress-strain rate and the temperature itself. This temperature and time-dependent material behavior is called viscoelasticity. The term viscoelasticity consists of two words: viscosity and elasticity. Therefore, a viscoelastic solid exhibits both fluid- and solid-like properties, and the stress-strain relationship includes the time and temperature dependencies. The viscoelastic phenomena in materials consist of the combined structural and conformational changes, the large-scale molecular movements, and the rearrangements features in terms of the mechanical loadings scenario.

Introduction: Temperature and Time-Dependent Behavior of Solids

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  1. Institute of Applied Mechanics, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland

    Grzegorz Milewski

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  1. Institut für Mechanik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Institut für Mechanik, Magdeburg, Germany

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  2. Griffith University (Gold Coast Campus), Griffith School of Engineering Griffith University (Gold Coast Campus), Southport, Queensland, Australia

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland

    Błażej Skoczeń

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Milewski, G. (2018). Viscoelasticity. In: Altenbach, H., Öchsner, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53605-6_156-1

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