Thermomechanical Coupling Phenomena in Non-Isothermal Viscoelastic Solids.
Abstract
The increasing use of viscoelastic materials in cyclic loading applications has created a need for an understanding of the thermomechanical coupling phenomenon of which mechanical energy exerted, in deforming a material is converted into thermal energy. Three basic approaches to a mathematical analysis of this phenomenon are reviewed and discussed in as similar a mathematical notation as possible. The theories are shown to produce similar forms for the constitutive relations although the basic approaches are considerably different. An experiment was performed on a solid circular cylinder of a urethane rubber and the results presented. (Author, modified-PL)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0857346
Entities
People
- Thomas L. Cost