Viscoelastic materials /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lakes, Roderic S.
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
©2009
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Phenomena
  • 2. Constitutive Relations
  • 3. Dynamic Behavior
  • 4. Conceptual Structure of Linear Viscoelasticity
  • 5. Viscoelastic Stress and Deformation Analysis
  • 6. Experimental Methods
  • 7. Viscoelastic Properties of Materials
  • 8. Causal Mechanisms
  • 9. Viscoelastic Composite Materials
  • 10. Applications and Case Studies
  • Appendices
  • Index.