Nonlinear viscoelastic properties of nanosuspensions

The effect of the nonlinear viscoelastic properties on tack

The influence of rheological and surface properties on adhesive tackiness are studied. In particular, the importance of the elongational properties is emphasized in a model, which considers only the adhesive contribution, while neglecting the importance of cavitation and surface roughness. It is shown that this simple analysis allows one to recover the different types of curves (i.e. different ...

Viscoelastic properties of bamboo

Dynamic viscoelastic properties of bamboo were determined in torsion and bending. Damping, measured by tan δ, in dry bamboo was relatively small, about 0.01 in bending and 0.02 to 0.03 in torsion, with little dependence on frequency in the audio range. In wet bamboo, damping was somewhat greater: 0.012 to 0.015 in bending and 0.03 to 0.04 in torsion. The anisotropy in damping implies a purely c...

Instability of nonlinear viscoelastic plates

This paper investigates the instability of an isotropic, homogeneous, simply supported rectangular plate subjected to a prescribed periodic in-plane load. The material is assumed to be viscoelastic and obey the Leaderman nonlinear constitutive relation. The equation of motion is derived as a nonlinear integro-partial-differential equation, and is simplified into a nonlinear integro-differential...

Mechanical properties of tendons and ligaments. I. Quasi-static and nonlinear viscoelastic properties.

Viscoelastic properties of crystals.

We examine the question of whether fluids and crystals are differentiated on the basis of their zero frequency shear moduli or their limiting zero frequency shear viscosity. We show that while fluids, in contrast with crystals, do have a zero value for their shear modulus, in contradiction to a widespread presumption, a crystal does not have an infinite or exceedingly large value for its limiti...