Kelvin-Voigt material

noun

Etymology

The model was developed independently by the British physicist Lord Kelvin in 1865 and by the German physicist Woldemar Voigt in 1890.

Definitions

  1. The simplest kind of viscoelastic material, with typical rubbery properties, being purely…

    The simplest kind of viscoelastic material, with typical rubbery properties, being purely elastic on long timescales but with additional resistance to fast deformation.

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