A Survey of the Development of Thermo-Viscoelastic Stress Analysis,

Abstract

This paper surveys the development and present status of stress analysis for problems in which thermo-viscoelasticity plays an essential role. For many polymers, the sensitivity of their viscoelastic characteristics to temperature variation, their poor heat conductivity and the dissipation of mechanical work into heat during viscoelastic deformation generate such problems. Needed physical characteristics and their formulation into constitutive relations are discussed. Categories of problems which call for different approaches are described and some representative examples are presented. Limitations of present formulations and methods of analysis are discussed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA007561

Entities

People

  • Erastus H. Lee

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Conductivity
  • Dissipation
  • Physical Properties
  • Sensitivity
  • Stress Analysis
  • Stresses
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Viscoelasticity

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Theoretical Analysis.