Number: Mech 5/90
Author(s): RAVASOO, Arvi.
Title: Some remarks on the quasi-linear theory of viscoelasticity. 19 p.
Language: English
ABSTRACT. Following the ideas of the principal quasi-linear theory of
viscoelasticity /1,2/, the modified constitutive equation of the continuous non
-linear viscoelastic medium is derived. A peculiarity of this equation is the
similar structure of its instantaneous and regular parts that permits one to
explain more easily the physical meaning of numerous kernel functions that
describe viscous properties of the medium. In the case when viscous properties
can be neglected, the equation coincides exactly with the constitutive equation
of the non-linear elastic medium /3/.