Mechanical Characterization of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Solids for Iterative Solution of Boundary Value Problems

Abstract

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 statistically indeterminate nonlinear viscoelastic rod is included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0675436

Entities

People

  • Karl S. Pister
  • Richard G. Dong
  • Robert S. Dunham

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • California
  • Civil Engineering
  • Constitutive Equations
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • New York
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Structural Engineering
  • Structural Mechanics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Structural Dynamics.